Don't worry, it appears this was just a topic made-up as an excuse to namedrop and self-promote. The US is a massive country of early adopters in a single, stan

Don't worry, it appears this was just a topic made-up as an excuse to namedrop and self-promote. The US is a massive country of early adopters in a single, standardized market with the same language, same culture, same media [for publicity purposes], etc etc... and a culture, tax code, legal system, and governance that supports entrepreneurialism (yes, it's far from perfect, but it's generally better than western Europe, look at the ridiculous policies promoted by Hollande in France and his mocking of startups). Like you said, why would you make things harder for yourself when doing something already very difficult?