Is Romania a good place to start a business now?

Posted by TheOtherWay on Wednesday July 28, 2010 @08:49AM
from the self-post dept.

Although there the crisis is felt many times stronger than in the rest of Europe I know that things are still moving fast over there. Although I do not have a big sum of money to invest I heard it is a lot easier to start something than in like say The Netherlands. I know there are many holes in the road, but which ones should I expect in daily life there ? ThanX in Advance.

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Re:Is Romania a good place to start a business now? by edragonu on Wednesday July 28, 2010 @08:56AM (#1554230)

Bureaucracy, volatile laws, laziness as a cultural norm, bribery and that's just the top of the iceberg.

Been there for 40 years and in the last 10 I own my own business. So I kinda know what I'm talking about. If somebody else could prove me wrong, just go ahead, I'd be happy to agree with you :-)

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Re:Is Romania a good place to start a business now? by TheOtherWay on Wednesday July 28, 2010 @09:14AM (#1554256)

TY. Ik know I should work with as few ppl as possible and find out things myself to avoid high costs and to know the way. I understand how things got even worse bit by bit, but still I think that the young generation is full of ideas and energy to change this swamp. I remain positive !

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Re:Is Romania a good place to start a business now? by mqmouse on Wednesday July 28, 2010 @09:57AM (#1554324)

A fast evolving tax situation. With the new laws regarding pfas, a lot of my friends have been trying to restructure. Ro used to have a great structure called the microenterprise. I don't know what's happened to it.

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