The question remains about Runet and startups
Today on Habré, an important topic for me was raised once again. Theme startups in runet.
Personal observations (including “skinny”, as a startup developer), confirm the general message of the article. Even running a service that is more or less necessary for people, as if doing it for themselves (and this is how it began), it is rather difficult to get money from it. What permanently leaves him in the class "hobby" and does not give the opportunity to engage in them seriously.
I was hooked by one of the phrases of A. Nosik, which I read on one of the links in the topic. And he said that Russian investors have money. Only invest them nowhere. Decent projects are very few.
It may well be that in this he is right.
But wait.
Our programmer school is stronger than in America *. And cheaper to hire. => Artists are.
The idea remains. Did all the bright minds suddenly disappear in a country known for its inventors and ideas? Not very similar to the truth.
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Why then it turns out that we do not have decent startups?
A “worthy” startup is a startup that, at a qualitative level (ie, potential), is able to win a significant part of a large Internet with adequate funding from, say, Russian investors.
The first answer that comes to mind is: “maybe the fact is that those who have an“ idea for a million ”understand that the million cannot be earned here, sell ideas abroad, or leave themselves?”. Some reason must be required.
I am sure that the more knowledgeable and experienced will have their own explanations. I would really like them to be voiced.
After all, the problem can be solved only by clearly formulating its cause.
* According to statistics from various freelance sites, Russian programmers are on average more professional than, say, American. My conclusion is based on
Personal observations (including “skinny”, as a startup developer), confirm the general message of the article. Even running a service that is more or less necessary for people, as if doing it for themselves (and this is how it began), it is rather difficult to get money from it. What permanently leaves him in the class "hobby" and does not give the opportunity to engage in them seriously.
I was hooked by one of the phrases of A. Nosik, which I read on one of the links in the topic. And he said that Russian investors have money. Only invest them nowhere. Decent projects are very few.
It may well be that in this he is right.
But wait.
Our programmer school is stronger than in America *. And cheaper to hire. => Artists are.
The idea remains. Did all the bright minds suddenly disappear in a country known for its inventors and ideas? Not very similar to the truth.
')
Why then it turns out that we do not have decent startups?
A “worthy” startup is a startup that, at a qualitative level (ie, potential), is able to win a significant part of a large Internet with adequate funding from, say, Russian investors.
The first answer that comes to mind is: “maybe the fact is that those who have an“ idea for a million ”understand that the million cannot be earned here, sell ideas abroad, or leave themselves?”. Some reason must be required.
I am sure that the more knowledgeable and experienced will have their own explanations. I would really like them to be voiced.
After all, the problem can be solved only by clearly formulating its cause.
* According to statistics from various freelance sites, Russian programmers are on average more professional than, say, American. My conclusion is based on
a) odesk statistics (average score by country tests)
b) top 100 names for a randomly chosen C ++ test on brainbench
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/56464/
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