Ask HN: If you could start a start-up anywhere in the world • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: If you could start a start-up anywhere in the world

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Post by huhtenberg » Sun, Feb 24, 2013, 5:25 PM UTC

raquo wrote: post #4

I'm betting on Canada now. Beats Russland hands down.

Vancouver is a great place for sushi and it has a handful of good coffee spots. But that's pretty much it as far as its relevance to the startups is concerned.

Beats Russland hands down, true, but that's an easy feat.

Re: Ask HN: If you could start a start-up anywhere in the world

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Post by hnwh » Sun, Feb 24, 2013, 5:26 PM UTC

cpursley wrote: post #8

Hacker News, Quora, etc are supportive of entrepreneurship - that is your support and mentorship network. Incorporate in a low-tax low-regulation business-friendly jurisdiction like Singapore, bank in stable country like Switzerland and live/work wherever you like. Consider the 5 flags-theory for web-based business: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpetual_traveler

Considering this now, Singapore or Hong Kong

Re: Ask HN: If you could start a start-up anywhere in the world

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Post by cpursley » Sun, Feb 24, 2013, 5:28 PM UTC

hnwh wrote: post #12

cpursley wrote: post #8

Hacker News, Quora, etc are supportive of entrepreneurship - that is your support and mentorship network. Incorporate in a low-tax low-regulation business-friendly jurisdiction like Singapore, bank in stable country like Switzerland and live/work wherever you like. Consider the 5 flags-theory for web-based business: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpetual_traveler

Considering this now, Singapore or Hong Kong

Well, Hong Kong's future belongs to China.

http://www.heritage.org/index/ranking

Re: Ask HN: If you could start a start-up anywhere in the world

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Feb 24, 2013, 5:28 PM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: If you could start a start-up anywhere in the world

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Post by uvdiv » Sun, Feb 24, 2013, 5:32 PM UTC

There're many threads about this on HN. Here's one around an Economist feature:

http://www.economist.com/node/21559618

(http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4589291)

Re: Ask HN: If you could start a start-up anywhere in the world

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Post by kintamanimatt » Sun, Feb 24, 2013, 5:33 PM UTC

cpursley wrote: post #10

kintamanimatt wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I really, really love this idea.

It's not so much about the tax avoidance - it's really about flexibility and the realization that the world is much different that it was 20 years ago. Location is less important - don't let governments or culture hold you back.

Oh I know. Being a perpetual traveler appeals to me. Colin Wright's[1] an entrepreneur (not the one on here) that's reasonably well known for living in a new country every four months.

[1] http://exilelifestyle.com/