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Re: Italia Startup Visa

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Post by mc32 »

kumarski wrote: post #2

Ndrangheta.....

It's not like they'd have to settle in Naples.

Many people dream of living in Italy but jobs being short, this may be an alternative where you make your own job --and of course, the expectation if you create more jobs and value for Italians.

[addendum]Besides, most likely Italy would be your 'base' and Europe, NAmerica, etc your market --so the poor state of the Italian economy may not enter much into the equation about viability due to local economic climate.

Re: Italia Startup Visa

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Post by laex »

One of my Italian friends isn't really encouraged by this. And I quote:

"I think that I close already 2 business in Italy due to the economic crisis, the fiscal pressure when I left Italy was about 65% (not it is more) and in the first year I went there the 30% of the shop in my city have closed (now it would much more)

Even without reading I can tell you that opening a business there now is a suicide. "

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Post by mmf »

kumarski wrote: post #2

Ndrangheta.....

Organized crime has nothing to do with the issues of opening a startup in Italy! What is missing is an ecosystem for startups: no VCs, fair amount of bureaucracy and challenging employment laws. However, you get great engineers, passionate, inventive and hard working for a pricing that is competitive with India. (Sad but true).

Re: Italia Startup Visa

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Post by mmf »

laex wrote: post #5

One of my Italian friends isn't really encouraged by this. And I quote: "I think that I close already 2 business in Italy due to the economic crisis, the fiscal pressure when I left Italy was about 65% (not it is more) and in the first year I went there the 30% of the shop in my city have closed (now it would much more) Even without reading I can tell you that opening a business there now is a suicide. "

Looking for business in Italy may not be a smart idea now, but opening the R&D branch of your startup there could well be brilliant.

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Post by licnep »

laex wrote: post #5

One of my Italian friends isn't really encouraged by this. And I quote: "I think that I close already 2 business in Italy due to the economic crisis, the fiscal pressure when I left Italy was about 65% (not it is more) and in the first year I went there the 30% of the shop in my city have closed (now it would much more) Even without reading I can tell you that opening a business there now is a suicide. "

If I recall correctly they introduced some fiscal incentives for new companies so that they end up paying around 10% in taxes. But that's only as long as the founder is considered "young" or i think as long as the revenue is below a certain limit. The problem is that once the limit is surpassed, the fiscal pressure in Italy is indeed very high. I wouldn't really suggest founding there, unless it's something related to fashion/food/tourism...

Re: Italia Startup Visa

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Post by licnep »

mc32 wrote: post #4
kumarski wrote: post #2

Ndrangheta.....

It's not like they'd have to settle in Naples. Many people dream of living in Italy but jobs being short, this may be an alternative where you make your own job --and of course, the expectation if you create more jobs and value for Italians. [addendum]Besides, most likely Italy would be your 'base' and Europe, NAmerica, etc your market --so the poor state of the Italian economy may not enter much into the equation ab…

Speaking of unemployment. I stumbled upon this animation of unemployment rates in europe some days ago:

http://i.imgur.com/ZR1hNnr.gif

The difference between northern and southern Italy is staggering, it's like they're two entirely different countries...

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Post by gcb0 »

laex wrote: post #5

One of my Italian friends isn't really encouraged by this. And I quote: "I think that I close already 2 business in Italy due to the economic crisis, the fiscal pressure when I left Italy was about 65% (not it is more) and in the first year I went there the 30% of the shop in my city have closed (now it would much more) Even without reading I can tell you that opening a business there now is a suicide. "

i doubt anyone is going to open up a bakery there. So the worse the economy the better.

now, think all the good engineers you can hire for cheap and churn out products for the US market.

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