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groby_b | karma 7179 | avg karma 2.73 · 2017-10-13 03:08:02

It's not any more bureaucratic than the US. With the significant difference that German bureaucrats usually stick to the law, while the US ones occasionally feel like making shit up. (Especially my friends at CBP.)

sneak | karma 23753 | avg karma 1.62 · 2017-10-13 12:08:18+00:00

This isn’t true. Starting and ending limited liability companies is an order of magnitude faster, cheaper, and easier in the US.

pgeorgi | karma 5800 | avg karma 2.85 · 2017-10-13 13:43:20+00:00

I'm not sure how often you intend to spin up LLCs and turn them down again? Every quarter? Your partners must be thrilled to work with you, standing before closed doors all the time without notice.

sneak | karma 23753 | avg karma 1.62 · 2017-10-13 14:50:26+00:00

I said nothing of frequency, just that the two operations involved in most startups, starting and ending, are way easier in the US.

My business has been around for 10 years this year, so who knows wtf you’re on about.

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pgeorgi | karma 5800 | avg karma 2.85 · 2017-10-13 15:55:28

What does it matter if the paperwork takes 3 weeks (which doesn't mean "you have 3 weeks of work to do": it's a 1h meeting with a notary, mailing two form and one bank transfer) if the business runs for 10 years?

Which means that unless you're in the business of flipping LLCs, "way easier" seems like a made-up concern to me.

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