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I run my own company. I lived in Germany for 8 years. Now I live in Spain. In both countries I encounter many free-lancers and young entrepreneurs in numerous industries.

In both countries, with the right professional advice, I've had little trouble getting things going.

I just don't think the conventional wisdom that "In Europe it is hard to start a business" holds true.

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> "In Europe it is hard to start a business"

Freelancing is easy, but actually starting a business is difficult, at least here in Italy.

It costs several thousand Euros, and takes lots of time, and is a fairly rigid entity: if you want to, say, give someone some shares, its going to cost you more thousands of Euros to do so.

In the US, you can spend thousands of dollars creating a business, in lawyer fees, but you can also start an LLC on the cheap, if you're not aiming for a high-growth, VC backed, option-disbursing startup. You are 'free to choose'.

I will tell what is hard, multiple country legislation, different cultures, and different languages. Its too segregated.

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