Ask HN: Best place to be a founder outside of the US?
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https://www.amazon.com/Start-up-Nation-Israels-Economic-Mira...
"Start-Up Nation addresses the trillion dollar question: How is it that Israel -- a country of 7.1 million, only 60 years old, surrounded by enemies, in a constant state of war since its founding, with no natural resources-- produces more start-up companies than large, peaceful, and stable nations like Japan, China, India, Korea, Canada and the UK?"
"Start-Up Nation addresses the trillion dollar question: How is it that Israel -- a country of 7.1 million, only 60 years old, surrounded by enemies, in a constant state of war since its founding, with no natural resources-- produces more start-up companies than large, peaceful, and stable nations like Japan, China, India, Korea, Canada and the UK?"
That sounds like a great read. And it seems that a lot of world leadsrs have taken an interest in the book. Yet still no other country except maybe China has aggressively pursued the same kind of environment.
israel is easy place to live in. but unless you are jewish, there is little to no chance for you get into it.
Despite everything, the US (especially San Francisco, New York, and Seattle) is by far the best place to start a startup. It's the only place where it's deeply ingrained in the culture to take big risks, to aim for the sky, to think in terms of billions instead of just millions. Most crucially this relates to funding, where the deepest-pocketed and most risk-tolerant investors (angels, VCs) are in the US.
But as the US becomes more unfriendly for foreign entrepreneurs, I don't see any other country picking up the torch and nurturing the same startup-friendliness that the US has to attract ambitious people. China and Israel feel like the only countries with a nearly equally-healthy startup scene, but I expect those are hard places to live in for someone with no ties to the country. But where else would a person go? Toronto? Europe? (I'm a Canadian/EU dual citizen so these are appealing to me.) Dubai? Singapore? Thailand?