The average age of a tech startup founder is 39, and a % of those have families. They should not have to risk financial ruin as a tradeoff for starting a company that could provide jobs.
Exactly. I'm in this position now: a single breadwinner with a child. As a Canadian, I don't risk financial ruin for any health-related issues (unless I travel to the US without health insurance, of course).
This was a big factor in me making the jump to founding a company from up here in Canada. Hiring folks with families in the USA was a huge pain for us, specifically because of the health care issues. We were paying a lot for them to extend their current health care from their previous employers, and one had the added stress of having a pregnant wife at the time we brought him over, with all the complications that brings to the health insurance story.
Hiring a fellow Canadian was basically a cakewalk.
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The average age of a tech startup founder is 39, and a % of those have families. They should not have to risk financial ruin as a tradeoff for starting a company that could provide jobs.
Exactly. I'm in this position now: a single breadwinner with a child. As a Canadian, I don't risk financial ruin for any health-related issues (unless I travel to the US without health insurance, of course).
This was a big factor in me making the jump to founding a company from up here in Canada. Hiring folks with families in the USA was a huge pain for us, specifically because of the health care issues. We were paying a lot for them to extend their current health care from their previous employers, and one had the added stress of having a pregnant wife at the time we brought him over, with all the complications that brings to the health insurance story.
Hiring a fellow Canadian was basically a cakewalk.