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London is too expensive. Low budget start-ups contribute to thriving tech industry, and London not only excludes them but is increasingly expensive. It's expe
by disputin 13y ago
London is too expensive. Low budget start-ups contribute to thriving tech industry, and London not only excludes them but is increasingly expensive. It's experiencing something similar to SF, from what I read about SF, a hollowing out of the middle class who want some quality of life but can't compete with the multi-millionaires. A European country with sun, sea, sandy beaches, mountains, lots of space (Spain, I'm looking at you) would be attractive if it went out of its way to encourage start-ups. It would have to highlight a multilingual location so that people can fumble through beginner Spanish confident with a fall back, but I for one would race over. More foreign entrepreneurs attracted, more local jobs created.
- omegant 13y agoI guess you are thinking in Mallorca. Sunny, better connected by flights with Europe than with the Iberian peninsula, lot´s of European expats living here, proportion of locals speaking at least English quite high compared to other parts of Spain... If only we could have some better entrepreneurship laws...
- collyw 13y agoBarcelona is pretty good. Very international city (Catalan is actually the first language here for many, but most speak both Spanih, and some English), but Spanish bureaucracy is a nightmare.
- Markinhos 13y agoyeah, but the Spanish rulers cannot see further than 4 years, so they are taxing the entrepreneurs and introducing stupid regulations meanwhile they support the friendly big companies with tailored laws. All of that while the corruption is rampant. From a spaniard.