In 2016, Paris to be home to the biggest startup incubator in the world

Re:In 2016, Paris to be home to the biggest startup incubato... by hbbio on Wednesday September 25, 2013 @07:46AM (#6443910)

Sadly, as a French entrepreneur, I would love to contradict you. But basically, you're right. It is much more difficult to create a startup in France rather than in the US for instance.

Read PG's http://www.paulgraham.com/america.html in perspective and it still stands 7 years later, especially when considering US vs. France.

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Re:In 2016, Paris to be home to the biggest startup incubato... by kaffeinecoma on Wednesday September 25, 2013 @10:18AM (#6444701)

Thanks for linking to this, I hadn't seen it before. Excerpt:

  Ironically, of all rich countries the US has lost the most civil liberties
  recently.  But I'm not too worried yet. I'm hoping once the present
  administration is out, the natural openness of American culture will reassert
  itself.

I would love to see pg revisit this topic, as this was written in 2006.

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Re:In 2016, Paris to be home to the biggest startup incubato... by pietro on Wednesday September 25, 2013 @12:20PM (#6445483)

Why do you even try? It doesn't make any sense to me. Moving to the UK or Scandinavia would be trivially easy, and you'd instantly find yourself in a super business friendly environment compared to France. Is it the food?

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Re:In 2016, Paris to be home to the biggest startup incubato... by hbbio on Wednesday September 25, 2013 @02:07PM (#6446232)

Generally, yes. The quality of life in France is very high. If you are employed by a big company or the state, you can have a perfect life.

But from the day you create a company, you discover problems one by one. My first startup was French and I still love living in Paris. But I'm pretty sure, unless things change, that I'll move out as most of my friends did.

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Re:In 2016, Paris to be home to the biggest startup incubato... by theorique on Wednesday September 25, 2013 @01:10PM (#6445821)

If you're in London, Paris is but a Eurostar away...

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