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by Laaas 705 days ago
If only. The Nordic countries solve the problem with a very easy trick: They’ve lowered the ceiling by a tremendous amount!

There’s a reason people do their startups in the US, there’s a reason the smart Nords move to the US rather than the other way around. There’s a reason Y Combinator is American.

I encourage you to try innovating in Europe (or just the Nordic countries). Please prove me wrong, for the sake of Europe.

To be fair, it’s certainly not _impossible_ to move up, but it’s relatively much harder, which is the point.