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This.

Indeed no access to capital. No entrepeneurial mindset. The market is stingy and conservative. The majority of the deals are in the 20k - 300k range. And only if you are almost profitable.

Pro: It's easy to live here for foreign people.

The article is probably just an advertorial for rockstart.

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I disagree with your statement of "No entrepreneurial mindset" Perhaps when it comes to VCs, they don't really get it, but I find that since capital is so hard to come by, the quality of startups here is much higher than in the US.

Haha, if it wasn't so heavy on mentioning Rockstart, I would have assumed it was paid for by SBC. They are much more about selling themselves outside of The Netherlands. I've heard some people saying that Rockstart is trying to open an SF office, but I'm not sure if I believe that.

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