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1) If you're not a healthy young person, it's going to be quite a challenge to start a business anywhere. I'm not saying it's impossible (my parents started a n

1) If you're not a healthy young person, it's going to be quite a challenge to start a business anywhere. I'm not saying it's impossible (my parents started a new business a few years ago in their early 60s which is going quite well), but if you have some kind of pre-existing condition that would have in the past made getting healthcare a problem, I have to imagine you'd also have difficulty dedicating the time, energy, and drive it takes to start a business. 2) There are definitely similar programs for helping you get training to run your business and monetary incentives for new business owners here (mostly in the form of tax credits and the like). Admittedly, they aren't as well publicized as they could be. 3) The quantity of foreign students coming to the US for undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate studies (and then returning home to do good with those skills) probably makes the point about the quality of that education available here than I could. Not that higher education in other countries is poor, but that it is significantly better than that in the US is questionable at best. My main point is, the idea that the US is prohibitively expensive to be an entrepreneur is laughable. The sheer volume of new businesses started here every day proves that.

Samuel_Michon 13y ago
As for points 1 and 2, there’s a difference in the level of support offered in the US and in European countries. I’ve started businesses and received healthcare on both sides of the pond, there’s quite a stark contrast. > The quantity of foreign students coming to the US [...] makes the point about the quality of that education available here than I could. I was talking about European students in particular. And yes, a lot of European students study abroad, but largely because of the experience, not because they believe the education will be better. Also, many of those students don’t end up in American state universities. For instance, I went to Northwestern University – not exactly one of economical choices you were referring to. > Not that higher education in other countries is poor, but that it is significantly better than that in the US is questionable at best. Many of the European state sponsored schools are listed on the common rankings of universities. Most of the US universities ranked high are not state colleges. For example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_Ranking_of_World_Universities http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_Ranking_of_World_Unive...

Samuel_Michon 13y ago

As for points 1 and 2, there’s a difference in the level of support offered in the US and in European countries. I’ve started businesses and received healthcare on both sides of the pond, there’s quite a stark contrast. > The quantity of foreign students coming to the US [...] makes the point about the quality of that education available here than I could. I was talking about European students in particular. And yes, a lot of European students study abroad, but largely because of the experience, not because they believe the education will be better. Also, many of those students don’t end up in American state universities. For instance, I went to Northwestern University – not exactly one of economical choices you were referring to. > Not that higher education in other countries is poor, but that it is significantly better than that in the US is questionable at best. Many of the European state sponsored schools are listed on the common rankings of universities. Most of the US universities ranked high are not state colleges. For example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_Ranking_of_World_Universities http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_Ranking_of_World_Unive...