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Comment by msears | Hacker News Reader

Yep, I am currently living in Nepal doing a startup and recently wrote this:

How to move to a third-world country and plant a tech startup http://blog.cloudfactory.com/2012/10/how-move-to-third-world...

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There are easier ways of doing startups in the developing world too: in most SE Asian cities you'd have 24 hour power and not be able to tell what continent you're on inside the spacious office you're renting for the price of a desk in SF. I can't help thinking the only real barrier to entry other than culture shock (not a big problem if you're somewhere like the Philippines) is terrible business regulations enforced by ridiculously corrupt officials. And some startups probably go under that radar anyway...

If you're bootstrapping with no need to network for sales, further investment or elite development skills, and don't mind adapting lifestyle a little bit, the developing world might be a good idea. If you're doing fairly time-insensitive contract work that can be done remotely or just fancy a break, it's a great idea.

(I spent most of the last 20 months in various developing countries. I'm not convinced going back to London is such a great idea yet...)

It's cool to see someone doing a startup in Nepal. I went to high school there and lived there for two years. It's where I first started programming and getting into online business. I hope the internet situation has improved. We used to have a 64kbps radio connection, and that was FAST for the country at the time.

3.6 mbps internet provided by the private telco NCELL, price is bit high though. To add, a 14 hrs of power cut per day.

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