[samatman]

> People with the right ideas and knowledge can start ventures easier [in Italy than Silicon Valley]

Would you be so kind as to provide a metric, so I can demonstrate conclusively that this isn't true?

I'm basing this on intuition, which is in turn based on numerous Italian software developers I've met in California. Do they have the wrong ideas and knowledge?

Of course not, they went where they could run a business without interference.

[AlotOfReading]

Curiously, other people are always quick to point out how California is a very difficult place to operate a company in when the focus is on companies "fleeing" to low tax states like Texas.

I'd imagine it is easier to start a tech venture in the valley than Italy, but that's just because there's an established ecosystem for it and you're not blazing new ground. The various particularities of government are relatively insignificant in comparison. That's why you can have similarly vibrant startup scenes under political environments as different as the US, China, and Israel.