[Heraclite]

For French entrepreneurs reading this: make it extremely easy and painless to start/run/shutdown a company in France.

I dream of being able to start a company by completing a form and sending a copy of my French ID. And all the rest (accountants/HR/law) would be handled by online third party services smoothly. Same should go for banking services associated with the company.

I think France has great potential but it needs simplification of processes. I'm not expecting the government to do it, hence my desparate call to other French entrepreneurs.

[renaudg]

As someone who created a small business in France then did the same in the UK, I wholeheartedly agree.

Unfortunately, there's not a lot entrepreneurs can do, it's up to the authorities to be brave and reform the infamous "Greffe du Tribunal de Commerce". Simply changing your registered address required, last I checked : filling out a 10 page or so form, amended company formation documents, mandatory publishing of an expensive ad informing of the change in one of the government-sanctioned newspapers, and writing out a cheque (!) for 47.52€ or something.

This is insane. Emmanuel Macron, as an economy minister tried to dismantle this whole craziness but faced strong lobbying. Here's hoping he's more successful as a presidential candidate.

[tajen]

> Emmanuel Macron, as an economy minister tried to (...)

Besides that Emmanuel Macron absolutely made things worse for companies, it's the Politics Detox week on HN, so please refrain from talking politics: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13108404

[renaudg]

Sorry, I didn't catch that. However, you also just failed to follow your own advice :)

[Heraclite]

I'd be curious to know the difference between the 2, especially for a french citizen.