[J_cst]

Hi from Italy. What the parent is saying is correct/partially correct. Still Italy is a very difficult place to do business for a number of factors: burocracy, cultural attitude (who you know means too much), strict labour legislation, slow justice system just to mention the first few which come to my mind. If you come from abroad the above factors become 100times harder to manage/understand. We have a lot of talents and the same amount of weaknesses. Not easy at all. Still a great place to visit and to spend holidays in. Sorry I don't mean to be harsh.

[rev_d]

As a recently recognised Italian citizen, I have to agree--it's not the appropriate place to form a startup.

There's a surprising number of things that involve the legal system, and the legal system moves at a glacial pace--in some cases, taking months between when a ruling becomes final and when it becomes enforceable. Encounter any one of those situations, and it's going to be a huge time & resource drain for the company.

Perhaps it'd make sense to headquarter the startup in a more favourable country (Estonia?) and then have a major branch office in Italy (for climate and talent reasons).