ElDragonRojo

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by ElDragonRojo 15y ago
This represents about the nicest apartment in Amsterdam. Things get cheaper the further you move from the center. And what "most rental agencies" require doesn't affect us. We have our own agency.
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by ElDragonRojo 15y ago
It's not by foreigners for foreigners. Our attendees, and our volunteers, are about half expat, half local. Appsterdam will be a benefit to App Makers around the world, and also a tremendous boon to the Netherlands.
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by ElDragonRojo 15y ago
Appsterdam events are in English. Other tech events in the city are usually some mixture of English and Dutch, depending on whether the audience is international.
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by ElDragonRojo 15y ago
You are, if you will pardon the expression, talking out of your ass. I brought Appsterdam to Sofa. I kept Appsterdam when Sofa left. Even if I died tomorrow, Appsterdam would continue. This isn't a product. It's a movement. Its power doesn'
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by ElDragonRojo 15y ago
Rain doesn't bother me. Smog bothers me. Tasers bother me. Not being able to afford healthcare bothers me. My family has been in California for six generations, and I love it, but you can have it. I'll take the Netherlands.
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by ElDragonRojo 15y ago
Appsterdam also has an amazing housing agent who specializes in expats. I have a ground level apartment with a courtyard on the canal at Groenburgwal, which is in my opinion the nicest neighborhood in Amsterdam, right smack in the middle of
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by ElDragonRojo 15y ago
Actually the Netherlands has amazing tax incentives for technology companies. It's quite common for tech companies here to pay essentially no payroll taxes. Things like VAT passthrough are also a huge tax break. You are not a tax expert. I
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by ElDragonRojo 15y ago
That's good feedback and we will have more of that sort of thing in the future, as well as direct help. A lot of this stuff is on my blog, http://mur.mu.rs . One clarification though, we're not really in the business of stating we want to
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by ElDragonRojo 15y ago
How is it growing as a hub exactly? Did you actually read the article? ;) Luckily Appsterdam is not limited to Amsterdam. This isn't a pissing match between Dutch cities. It's about international branding. Appschede doesn't sound as good. M
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by ElDragonRojo 15y ago
Your pessimism seems endemic in European culture. It's actually a bigger problem, to my mind, than anything else you've mentioned here. As I like to say, Americans need to calm the hell down, and Europeans need a kick in the ass. Hopefully
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by ElDragonRojo 18y ago
First, the funding here is metaphorical. What we're trying to do is capitalize a company as if it were angel funded. The metaphorical return on that investment is a company vetted by an established member of the community that will produce