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Re:Why Entrepreneurs Start Companies Rather Than Join Them by wslh on Friday April 13, 2018 @08:56PM (#16835194)
You see everything from a US centric perspective, I have a contrarian view:

1) Not clear what you call a rich country but Argentina has a lot of entrepreneurs and it is considered an underdeveloped country.

2) Best universities here are free and everyone in the world can study here. The average student study and work at the same time.

3) Lots of bootstrapped companies, limited access to capital.

4) Obviously age and family matter but you don't need to be the first founder who take all the risks. It is possible to join an existing company as a cofounder starting part time if you have critical skills to contribute.

Not saying that starting a company is easy, just saying that the world offers many different perspectives to the same problem.

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Re:Why Entrepreneurs Start Companies Rather Than Join Them by eeZah7Ux on Saturday April 14, 2018 @10:49AM (#16837525)
> Not saying that starting a company is easy, just saying that the world offers many different perspectives to the same problem.

The number of famous and wildly successful startups outside of the US says otherwise :(

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Re:Why Entrepreneurs Start Companies Rather Than Join Them by wslh on Saturday April 14, 2018 @11:07AM (#16837617)
> The number of famous and wildly successful startups outside of the US says otherwise :(

You are not understanding this thread. The discussion was about the difficulties people find starting a company that are mainly connected to economical issues. If you look at the successful companies, the major part had access to capital that eliminates this line of reasoning.

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Re:Why Entrepreneurs Start Companies Rather Than Join Them by ekianjo on Saturday April 14, 2018 @02:07AM (#16836143)
Argentina is not an underdeveloped country. It used the be the richest country in south America. It became poor again but thats nothing comparable to a country that never knew development.
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Re:Why Entrepreneurs Start Companies Rather Than Join Them by wslh on Friday April 20, 2018 @07:49AM (#16883982)
Argentina has 70 years of economical decadence. You can check this article [1] (in Spanish).

[1] https://www.infobae.com/opinion/2018/04/18/siete-decadas-de-...

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