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  • Chandrahas Chaudhari
    Chandrahas Chaudhari
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    Re: The best place to start an IT start-up ?
    Hi,

    If it involves lot of software development activities, India could be another option.

    Chandrahas
    • 16 Sep 2008, 09:20 am
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  • Matt Miller
    Matt Miller
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    Re^7: The best place to start an IT start-up ?
    To put it a little practically than Jan or Steve, you need to know what you personally and professionally want to get out of it before you go into depth in considering the technical / business development and management considerations. Too many people start with a business idea and forget that they need to consider what is necessary for themselves in the equation. I have now helped a few out of the mire they have got themselves into (and, believe me, sometimes it ain't pretty!!).

    To put it poetically (as I can see that appeals to you romantics on here - lol!!): what is the point of having the brain-child if the parent and protector of it can't afford to eat themselves?!!

    That said, I am personally very much in favour of the UK, and London in particular, for developing and testing an idea out. It has the advantage of having a lot of different people from a diverse range of cultures here, who all communicate using English as well as there being a lot of funding available from the UK government (if it is to be a UK-based business) or otherwise from the EEC through EU government if the business will have a benefit to business in operating across Europe. I have been able to find the people both to test as well as trademark my own principles for building a business here in the UK around what an individual can leverage from their own experience and contribution to best practice in a particular profession.

    Good luck in whatever you choose to do - and feel free to drop me a line if you want to have a short chat about the options and the idea in confidence (and happy to sign an NDA to protect you and what you are looking to do)

    Matt
    • 11 Dec 2008, 3:37 pm