{"id":5468,"date":"2011-01-31T23:10:50","date_gmt":"2011-01-31T21:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=5468"},"modified":"2012-12-12T17:15:48","modified_gmt":"2012-12-12T16:15:48","slug":"baeza-and-ubeda-or-why-am-i-building-global-start-ups-from-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=5468","title":{"rendered":"Baeza and Ubeda or why I build global start ups out of Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"

We just spent a long weekend in Baeza and Ubeda in Andalusia.<\/p>\n

I moved to Spain in 1995 and I thought that by now I knew this country very well. But then there is always something new to see. In this case these two beautiful towns in Northern Andalusia. Other than my family and friends here, what I love about my life in Spain is that I get to build global start ups, out of Spain. That I get to build Fon<\/a> in Spain. That when I leave work, I am in Spain. I am not saying that California is not attractive, and it also has great weather. But to me, there’s something missing in California, or New York, or Florida. I love visiting USA but after spending 18 years of my life there I still feel better in Spain. And I feel better in Spain than in UK or Germany. Italy and France could be a contenders as they are beautiful countries as well. But the environment for start ups in those two countries is horrendous.<\/p>\n

In any case here are two minor, further proofs as to why Spain is better.<\/p>\n

Baeza<\/p>\n

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Ubeda<\/p>\n

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We just spent a long weekend in Baeza and Ubeda in Andalusia. I moved to Spain in 1995 and I thought that by now I knew this country very well. But then there is always something new to see. In this case these two beautiful towns in Northern Andalusia. Other than my family and friends […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[659,725,204],"class_list":["post-5468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spain","tag-andalusia","tag-mv","tag-travel-and-tourism"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t