I don't know wtf happened... here it is again. http://throwww.com/a/1ft
I'd love to know how the author made the text larger/bold .. looks like a header tag but Throwww doesn't appear to accept that.
A Damning Look at the Canadian Tech Sector
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Re: A Damning Look at the Canadian Tech Sector
#52I don't know wtf happened... here it is again. http://throwww.com/a/1ft
Oh.. I see.. Markdown.. Here's a test of the stuff.. nice http://throwww.com/a/1hd
Re: A Damning Look at the Canadian Tech Sector
#53The author left out one point that is too often ignored.we just font have enough people.why don't we have amazon prime? Because Canada is just so huge,and our population is spread so thinly.the population is so much smaller than the USA that its so much harder to launch and support a country wide service. Plus,we don't have LLC or a proper equivalent.
In BC, setting up a proper BC company is easy. I started by going to http://incorporate.ca/ and then had everything redone when I had the cash for a real lawyer.
I had a corporation. Just wait until the end of the year when you have to pay the accountant bill!
Re: A Damning Look at the Canadian Tech Sector
#54As a Canadian who has lived in NYC for 2 years, and just had to go back to Canada for 2 weeks, this is spot on. There are tons of smart Canadians due to the great education system, but Canadians in general don't appreciate success in the same way Americans do. When I quit my job to start my own thing in America, all my co-workers and friends were pumped up and excited, while many Canadians were perplexed and asked qu…
I think you're misunderstanding risk aversion as not appreciating success. Risk aversion "why are you quitting when you have a great job" is an individual personalty trait, not one of a whole unrelated group of people. You can find plenty of Americans who would say the same thing. On top of that, you can't appreciate success that isn't there. You quit your job to start something, that's not succeeding so they weren't…
I upvoted this the first time I read this for your point on risk aversion.
The thing that I disagree with is that people move to the US to make more money. I had a job that paid very well in the US and there's a very good chance I would have made much more doing that than starting my own company.
The US is often years ahead in design, advertising, the latest tech trends, etc. American brands are more likely to try new things out/it's easier to reach larger scale adoption more easily. Through out my life I have always waited for American products/chains/innovations (no matter how novel -- Easy Mac, Yogurt Tubes, MTV, Old Navy) to make it up to Canada. In my opinion those are definitely reasons to move to the US.
So much of starting/running your own thing is dealing with mental blocks. When you are around more people who are breaking through those blocks, or have done so before you, it's quite advantageous.