> ... and a business plan?
Why would the government need a business plan?
It's none of their business what you want to do with your company besides a general description as "software development" or "consulting services" or whatever.
Why would the government need a business plan?
It's none of their business what you want to do with your company besides a general description as "software development" or "consulting services" or whatever.
There are plenty of European member states that want the ability to control very precisely what you do with "your company". You want to call yourself "a software engineer"? Ooops...
In the EU it seems particularly the German-speaking countries are borderline obsessed with a) titles, and b) whom may use those titles. See, for instance, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34096464
There is nothing borderline about that - the German cultural space (including very much the countries of former Habsburg Empire) is still completely obsessed with titles and formal positions despite many of them losing any practical importance in modern times.
https://www.existenzgruendungsportal.de/Navigation/DE/So-geh...
Exhibit A: https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/battery-facility-acc...
"Following regulation" sounds great until it's revealed that corporate lobbyists have been helping (co-)write regulations to make sure that fair competition is quashed.