2 pointsby roschdal5 hours ago2 comments

smurda4 hours ago
Start selling in the US early. To be the global leader, and not just the regional leader, sell across global markets early to establish the position of best product globally.
elbci4 hours ago
There's only one method but the returns are quite good: Find 'a friend' who can plug you at sucking EU funds - after that you don't need to worry about product quality or anything else ;)
- roschdal4 hours ago
  EU funds, please tell me more.
  - elbci3 hours ago
    20 or so yrs ago I read a 300 page "EU Start-up Grants Guide" - small print legalese or Kant is children prose in comparison. I managed to reduce to 5 criteria to get 100 points needed to qualify:
    20 pts - parrot EU buzzwords profusely without any context or logic
    20 pts - spend a tone of money for certificates issued by EU approved firms
    20 pts - prove your firm is already rich and wants the grant only to get richer
    20 pts - sign yourself in for insane bureaucratic oversight and 30% of revenue kick-back to EU selected services (all your suppliers need to be 'preaproved')
    20 pts - !!! THIS !!! prove that you already participated in previous projects
    So basically it was 300 pages of gibberish summarized as "you are neither sufficiently 'well connected' or obedient to get grants"