Re:How to Found a Company in Germany: 14 "Easy" Steps and Lo...
by data_maan on Monday April 08, 2024 @03:29AM
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> If they're not ready to put up with okay-ish bureaucratic friction in the founding phase, they're not ready to open a company.
With this mentality, it's actually a miracle a German startup scene exists at all.
The _last thing_ a founder wants is to wade through useless bureaucracy when there's a product to push and Vacs to talk to.
But Germany never really was a founder's country, and much more ruled by big conglomerates it seems or small family business who did non-innovative things (the bakery at the corner - necessary&nice, but not innovative), than startup culture.
With this mentality, it's actually a miracle a German startup scene exists at all.
The _last thing_ a founder wants is to wade through useless bureaucracy when there's a product to push and Vacs to talk to.
But Germany never really was a founder's country, and much more ruled by big conglomerates it seems or small family business who did non-innovative things (the bakery at the corner - necessary&nice, but not innovative), than startup culture.