Why I’m giving up on Europe and moving my startup to China

Re:Why I’m giving up on Europe and moving my startup to China by desigooner on Monday July 26, 2010 @10:39AM (#1548127)

while the Startup Visa is a good thing, it's still difficult for people (who are not born here or who don't possess a GC) to start a venture here. Even with the startup visa, there's a lot at stake and a lot of pressure to meet the demands about a certain $ of investment, turnover, operating capital, etc. Not every startup is going to fulfill those criteria right off the bat and the cost of failure is too high.

That's one of the reasons why I'm thinking of moving to India or somewhere Singapore/ Hong Kong in the near future.

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Re:Why I’m giving up on Europe and moving my startup to China by maxklein on Monday July 26, 2010 @10:51AM (#1548167)

Shenzhen is Hong Kong without the terrible apartment costs, but with slightly better internet.

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Re:Why I’m giving up on Europe and moving my startup to China by xiaoma on Monday July 26, 2010 @12:29PM (#1548438)

I found the internet much better in HK. Facebook, Youtube, Dropbox, Twitter, Blogspot, etc... are accessible. In Shenzhen, they aren't. Sure you can pay for a VPN, but then performance suffers on other sites.

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