| Ok, I know you have your reasons but why the US ? Why don't you start your startup in your own country or in another European country ? Any good reason for not staying there ? As an european I sadly see everyone from this side of the world trying desperately be part of the new startup gold rush in the US. Fund startup, get VC money, sell it, ???, profit. Not very long time ago, I was like you too. I wanted so much to move to SF and build my startup or be part of one. But now, I don't care. Why ? 1 - I can incorporate my company in Delaware right from my living room. 2 - I can have hire good professionals from around the world to work with me (looking at 37signals as a role model) 3 - And quite frankly, the position of the US regarding european citizens that want to live and work in the US is too restrictive and amazingly elitist. Not even Mordor is that hard travel to.
I just wished other countries had the same mesures/restrictions as they do for US citizens that want to live and work abroad.
Europe (although lots of americans couldn't even put it on the map) isn't made of third world countries. 4 - Also, lots of good startups are operating in this side of the world. So, why are you giving the US all the credits for your work ? If they don't want you, screw it. It's not the end of the world, and your can pretty much do the same thing here as you would over there. As a developer and founder of a new born company, I feel like we need to show the world that europe is a good place to fund a startup, we might not have the YC or other popular investors, but if more and more startups got created here, maybe they would start looking for us. |