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Starting your first business in France? Here are the steps, and some great tips

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Re: Starting your first business in France? Here are the steps, and some great tips

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Post by ctek »

fhars wrote: post #53
ctek wrote: post #26

Can anyone explain European rubber stamp-fetishism? Has there ever been a study done showing that rubber stamping practically everything (20 euro purchase at an electronics store) is effective in preventing forging of documents? To an outsider visiting continental Europe the practice looks redundant and almost comical.

Getting the stamp on the 20 euro electronics purchase is in the customer's best interest as it is a proof that he purchased the item there and so can get warranty service from the seller (I don't know if "warranty" is the correct term here, in German we have two words for two concepts that wikipedia both links to the English "warranty" and that most people confuse anyway: "Garantie" (cognate to "warranty") which is a…

It is more difficult to forge a stamped receipt, true. As to whether it proves that you purchased the item is debatable because both a receipt and a stamped receipt can be easily forged. The question is: is it necessary? Tally up all the man-hours a country spends stamping receipts. Could that time be put to better use? North America seems to function fine without them. Perhaps we've come to realize them as redundant - or are we too gullible to not demand rubber stamped receipts in the first place?

Re: Starting your first business in France? Here are the steps, and some great tips

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Post by a3_nm »

> the Internet interface will only let you do small amounts, and only to pre-entered recipients. Who enters those recipients? You guessed it – your conseiller!

I do not think this is true. With my French bank account, I can add recipients for online recipients without interacting with my conseiller. I do need a confirmation code sent through SMS to confirm additions (a poor man's two-factor authentication) but that's it.

Re: Starting your first business in France? Here are the steps, and some great tips

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Post by andyjohnson0 »

paol wrote: post #43
thenomad wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

With the current British government angling to leave the EU at present, that's a decision that might have unpleasant consequences in a few years for any French entrepreneur that tried this, even assuming it's practical now.

I don't believe for a second the UK is leaving the EU. It would be a huge disadvantage economically for them to do so. All that talk is just political posturing to please the idiot wing of the conservative party. (Disclaimer: I'm not from the UK however, so I'm just evaluating the situation from the outside)

Unfortunately, the pressure for a referendum is not primarily driven by economic issues. Its driven by tabloid prejudice, and single-issue parties like UKIP who want to get a share of power.

Re: Starting your first business in France? Here are the steps, and some great tips

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Post by pilooch »

epsylon wrote: post #82
pilooch wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I feel like adding another anecdotal fact: we're a startup in Toulouse and NY, and we love Toulouse, great city for both daily life and business (think Airbus etc...).

That's really cool ! I'd be curious to know more about the things you do, if you can speak about it here or mail me (info on my profile).

Sure, https://xplr.com/ we're seed funded, early stage, early customers.

Re: Starting your first business in France? Here are the steps, and some great tips

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Post by megablast »

guylhem wrote: post #24

Some incorrections here and there in the article, I want to add some fixes: - I wouldn't say the exigence of having a bank account is humiliating for a company. The process of opening one can be, however. But you can pick up any bank you want in any EU country you want. They can't "discriminate" against say a Luxembourg bank if you think this bank will serve you better. That's the EU market- same currency, and they c…

> BTW you know why there's so much red tape with french bank? bankers are legally responsible if you launder money using their services and if they didn't ask you basic questions designed to flag such cases.

To do anything in France requires a lot of red tape. To join a gym or go on a fun run you need a certificate from your doctor, which they charge you 70 euros.

As to your other sentiments, after the last 6 months living in Paris I have never seen anyone beaten up or attacked, even though I often stay out late in Chatelet and other seedy areas.

Re: Starting your first business in France? Here are the steps, and some great tips

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Post by Aloisius »

Out of curiosity, how hard is it to get a visa to start a startup in France as a US citizen? I've toyed with the idea of starting something in Paris.

There appears to be ample opportunity even if all you want to do is create a French version of some other successful product.

Re: Starting your first business in France? Here are the steps, and some great tips

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Post by guylhem »

seanmcdirmid wrote: post #88
guylhem wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If Isreal will take you if you are Jewish, that seems selective. It doesn't seem to be than >50% of the Iranian population is Jewish. Maybe it means they will welcome people less "likely to develop hatred towards the host country" because of their preexisting beliefs and religion?

I was just pointing put that your statement on Iran was obviously false. I never understood why France had such a hard time with muslim immigrants when they seem to completely integrate in the states within one generation. I'm sure it has to do more with the differences between Americans and French then...the immigrants themselves.

Yeah, like there is no problem whatsoever in places as different as the Netherlands, and Australia.

But you're right it seems to be working fine in the US for muslims. Something certainly related to the american culture and how open it is.

Re: Starting your first business in France? Here are the steps, and some great tips

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Post by lucb1e »

guylhem wrote: post #24

Some incorrections here and there in the article, I want to add some fixes: - I wouldn't say the exigence of having a bank account is humiliating for a company. The process of opening one can be, however. But you can pick up any bank you want in any EU country you want. They can't "discriminate" against say a Luxembourg bank if you think this bank will serve you better. That's the EU market- same currency, and they c…

> You are free not to trust a single word of what I say

I didn't believe this could all be true so I asked a friend who is French, and was told it was actually all true. I thought he'd either nuance or refute it, but neither happened...

Re: Starting your first business in France? Here are the steps, and some great tips

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Post by seanmcdirmid »

guylhem wrote: post #98
seanmcdirmid wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was just pointing put that your statement on Iran was obviously false. I never understood why France had such a hard time with muslim immigrants when they seem to completely integrate in the states within one generation. I'm sure it has to do more with the differences between Americans and French then...the immigrants themselves.

Yeah, like there is no problem whatsoever in places as different as the Netherlands, and Australia. But you're right it seems to be working fine in the US for muslims. Something certainly related to the american culture and how open it is.

I think Europeans are just not as open (read: non-racist) as they claim to be, while Americans are the opposite: they are not as closed as they appear to be, they just let all their anxiety out first and then just assimilate as normal.

Or let's put it this way: the French go out of their way to push a "French" culture on their immigrants; whereas "American" culture isn't really defined and is very organic, meaning, like gravity, we all tend to just converge.

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