The two founding partners at Skype were Swedish and Danish, but the company also started with three engineers in Estonia, and the company still (judging by thei

The two founding partners at Skype were Swedish and Danish, but the company also started with three engineers in Estonia, and the company still (judging by their jobs page [1]); the company still has an engineering presence there. That model (foreign entrepreneurs getting it started, but based/staffed locally) may be the most likely one for a big consumer-facing company in the former Yugoslavia, but it would still be a major achievement, and could build that startup tradition locally. [1] http://www.microsoft-careers.com/go/skype-tallinn/332461/ http://www.microsoft-careers.com/go/skype-tallinn/332461/