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Re:Why I'm running a bootstrapping conference in Vienna, Aus... by torpor on Tuesday June 29, 2010 @04:37AM (#1470832)
>I think a bit part of Austrians having inhibitions about starting their own businesses is as you say, the mindset.

I think its the rampant Marxism, frankly. So many brainwashed people in this society think that success = criminal behaviour, and that to be a successful capitalist means you have to be an utter thief. To be fair, the Austrian society has its statistics in this department, which go back to before the Austro-Hungarian empire, and I doubt some dubious American-style hype festival is going to change much about that.

Re:Why I'm running a bootstrapping conference in Vienna, Aus... by ahoyhere on Wednesday June 30, 2010 @07:49AM (#1474529)
I think the "successsful=criminal" belief is actually a cover up for fear of the unknown, a rationalization. The correct fix is not ranting but exposure to wonderful, kind, thoughtful, passionate successful people.

Thus, again, my conference.

Re:Why I'm running a bootstrapping conference in Vienna, Aus... by torpor on Wednesday June 30, 2010 @08:44AM (#1474640)
"Culture through Osmosis" isn't really a popular model around these parts .. you're going to have to burn, baby, burn ..