I _totally_ second this comment.
(disclaimer: I'm italian and I live and work in italy)
I agree that Italy has a big fiscal pressure, but aside from that, the issue with mafia and corruption that keeps appearing into this topic is misleading, it makes people think that once you have a startup, mafia will come to you, and that's absolutely not true.
I think there are only 2 main elements to keep in main when running a business in italy
1. Fiscal pressure
2. Bureaucracy
They are the only blocks people opening a startup here might really need to figure out how to handle.
I agree that Italy has a big fiscal pressure, but aside from that, the issue with mafia and corruption that keeps appearing into this topic is misleading, it makes people think that once you have a startup, mafia will come to you, and that's absolutely not true.
I think there are only 2 main elements to keep in main when running a business in italy 1. Fiscal pressure 2. Bureaucracy
They are the only blocks people opening a startup here might really need to figure out how to handle.