I've been traveling and trying to start a few web projects for 5 months in Southeast Asia, and I'm not considering starting a real startup in a far-away, 3rd world country because:
- it is very lonely. How do you find like-minded people? How do you find good co-founders or team members? These things are theoretically possible, but it's already hard enough in your own country - imagine in a far-flung country where you don't know anybody.
- marketing to your own country is tough (because of the distance), marketing to your country of adoption is tougher. I was thinking of marketing to the US market because it's simply the biggest and wealthiest, but now I've decided to target my national market, as I have easier access to people here. Being able to meet your potential customers is important.
None of these things is impossible, it must be a hell of an experience, and developers are cheaper, but building a startup is already extremely hard, building a startup overseas makes it even harder.
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I've been traveling and trying to start a few web projects for 5 months in Southeast Asia, and I'm not considering starting a real startup in a far-away, 3rd world country because:
- it is very lonely. How do you find like-minded people? How do you find good co-founders or team members? These things are theoretically possible, but it's already hard enough in your own country - imagine in a far-flung country where you don't know anybody.
- marketing to your own country is tough (because of the distance), marketing to your country of adoption is tougher. I was thinking of marketing to the US market because it's simply the biggest and wealthiest, but now I've decided to target my national market, as I have easier access to people here. Being able to meet your potential customers is important.
None of these things is impossible, it must be a hell of an experience, and developers are cheaper, but building a startup is already extremely hard, building a startup overseas makes it even harder.