Pavel Durov quits as VKontakte CEO

Post by ThomPete » Tue, Apr 01, 2014, 8:36 PM UTC

workhere-io wrote: post #51

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Denmark is considered one of the best places to start a company, but that is based on the bureaucratic burden of starting a company. It is a very different thing to actually scale that company to any significant size there. The metrics used to measure these things are fundamentally flawed as they look at the institutional side of things not on the reality that is running a business and growing a company.

It is a very different thing to actually scale that company to any significant size there. Yet, Danish companies like Lego, Carlsberg and Maersk (whose subunit Maersk Line in itself is the largest company of its kind in the world) seem to be doing fine.

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Apr 01, 2014, 8:36 PM UTC

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Was it ever in doubt that the USA is the best place to start a business? America is no. 14 on the list of best countries to start a business in. http://www.forbes.com/best-countries-for-business/list/

You need to be a little careful with these rankings, because they're subjective. Forbes, for instance, drastically prioritizes taxes for its rankings. The corporate tax rate in the US is higher than that of Ireland, and (as Forbes summary straightforwardly admits) that pushes the US down in the rankings. For a startup, there are significantly more important factors to consider than the corporate tax rate, not least b…

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Apr 01, 2014, 8:45 PM UTC

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You mister read that : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrodollar_warfare and then do more search on the internet about how USA are basically forcing everybody to buy oil in $$. At least russia doesnt force other nations to trade gaz in rubs. So yeah,russia is evil , but USA are even more evil. EDIT: downvote me all you want it's not just a conspiracy theory,that's a fact,but since we are on a pro american board, i did…

The article refers to "petrodollar warfare hypothesis". It doesn't provide any proof. In particular it doesn't prove any of the "forcing" that you refer to.

Post by camus2 » Tue, Apr 01, 2014, 8:54 PM UTC

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The seriousness of the conflict depends on where you get your information, sadly. The situation geopolitically seems pretty simple, in broad strokes. Too bad there's unfounded scaremongering on both sides(or should I say 3 or 4 sides).

It more seems that the seriousness of the conflict depends on whether you see this as an isolated incident (which just happens to be the worst violation of territorial integrity in Europe since WWII) or as yet another indicator that the exact same social dynamics that led us to WWII in the first place are intensifying significantly. I'm curious as to what your take on this is then though ...

   which just happens to be the worst violation of 
   territorial integrity in Europe since WWII

Post by 001sky » Tue, Apr 01, 2014, 9:06 PM UTC

pgt wrote: post #8

For those who don't know what VKontakte is (I didn't), it is the biggest social network after Facebook with "over 100 million active users" according to vk.com, which they own. More information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VK_(social_network)