When French entrepreneurs move to Berlin and London to work on their companies you know you have a problem.
France's capital gain taxes are a real issue, and even the new, changed and improved rates will not do much to counteract this.
And that's just one of the things working against French entrepreneurs, the various employment laws don't help a whole lot either.
It would be fair to class France as start-up hostile at the present date, but the situation is improving. Which gives me all the more respect for those French entrepreneurs that succeed.
> When entrepreneurs move to Berlin to work on their companies
I'd say you have a real problem if that happens. Germany is pretty entrepreneur unfriendly (source: I'm an entrepreneur in Germany) and if your country is even worse ... well.
I think what started the startup scene in Berlin was largely low rents and an exciting city more than if it's entrepreneur friendly. On the other hand a lot of entrepreneur seem to complain just out of inexperience in business.
Huh, I've heard only good things about the startup scene in Berlin. What are some of the main issues from your perspective, if you don't mind elaborating?
Insiders only need apply. The over-regulation does nothing but protect the existing players and stifling start-up competition across dozens of industries.
France's capital gain taxes are a real issue, and even the new, changed and improved rates will not do much to counteract this.
And that's just one of the things working against French entrepreneurs, the various employment laws don't help a whole lot either.
It would be fair to class France as start-up hostile at the present date, but the situation is improving. Which gives me all the more respect for those French entrepreneurs that succeed.