[rmason]

I'm intrigued on how it's just the opposite of the United States. Here if you get accepted into an incubator they pay you. In France you pay them!

If France really wanted foreigners to start companies there why wouldn't they make the tech visa as close to free and frictionless as possible?

[csomar]

See my comment over here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24233291

Some of these incubators are gaming the system to make money. I'd not be surprised if they are giving these approvals to people who should not be eligible (ie: people not interested in starting a startup).

[fakedang]

Incidentally like the author of the linked article. He states he lifted off the idea template for his first startup from Canva. Fortunately for him, he lucked out because he found another startup co-founder for an actual idea much later on.