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Finland Pays Entrepreneurs to Start Up a Business
EuroWeekly News ^ | 02 Nov 2024 | Adam Woodward

Posted on 11/04/2024 3:39:34 PM PST by nickcarraway

A Spanish TikToker living in Finland cannot believe how much easier it is to start up a business in Finland when compared to Spain.

On one of Anna Matea’s latest in her series of TikTok videos, she shows how amazed she is at how Finns don’t have to pay Social Security quotas every month like her long-suffering, self-employed countryfolk in Spain do. In fact, it’s the Finnish government who pays the self-employed worker, and not the other way around.

For some time now, Finland has positioned itself as an attractive country for those who want to start a business, and according to Spanish Anna, a resident of Finland, the conditions for the self-employed are a real respite compared to those in Spain.

Anna, who is Spanish and who has moved to the Scandinavian country, is absolutely astonished at how easy the government makes life for start-ups. She uploaded a video to TikTok in which she highlights the economic aid that the government gives to those who want to set up their own company.

Finnish government gives €740 per month to the worker During the first year of opening, the Finnish government gives €740 per month to the worker instead of the worker paying the government. This is to guarantee that during the first year of business, the self-employed worker has enough money to cover necessities. She also highlights how many more financial benefits start-ups can obtain from the government than in Spain.

Basically, if the entrepreneur has a good idea for a business, all that money will stay in the pocket of the worker. In fact, the quota that ‘autonomous’ (self-employed) people pay in Spain doesn’t even exist in Finland.

Anna is certain, for this reason, that Finland is the best country in Europe for setting up a business, and she should know as she is the owner of a business in Finland.

Anna’s TikTok video here.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: business; entrepreneurship; finland

1 posted on 11/04/2024 3:39:34 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Got it from Kamala?


2 posted on 11/04/2024 3:42:03 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: nickcarraway

Check Finland dictionary “kamala”.


3 posted on 11/04/2024 3:43:06 PM PST by Mark (DONATE ONCE every 3 months-is that a big deal?)
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To: nickcarraway

A Spanish TikToker living in Finland cannot believe how much easier it is to start up a business in Finland when compared to Spain.


a business is like a love affair. Any damn fool can start one, ending a successful one takes considerable skill..


4 posted on 11/04/2024 3:44:10 PM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: nickcarraway

They don’t want Americans. About 15 years ago I went to Turku with some Italians to build some boat prototypes. The Italians had no problem but I was not welcome at all. If I were a penniless uneducated violent muslim no problem.. Educated skilled American, niet...


5 posted on 11/04/2024 3:49:55 PM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: nickcarraway

We pay foreign emigrants to start up businesses.


6 posted on 11/04/2024 3:51:35 PM PST by dljordan (What would Michael Collins do?)
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To: nickcarraway

That article reads like one of kamala’s word salads and seems to be entirely void of details, like how is this giveaway funded, and what happens after the first year, and what happens if the business goes under, as even subsidized businesses often do.


7 posted on 11/04/2024 3:52:04 PM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: nickcarraway
In fact, it’s the Finnish government who pays the self-employed worker

Because nothing says 'self-employed' like being on the government payroll.

8 posted on 11/04/2024 4:01:55 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: nickcarraway

Setup a 100 businesses at once and get 74k euros a month. After a year leave with a million bucks.


9 posted on 11/04/2024 4:39:45 PM PST by HYPOCRACY (Brandon's pronouns: Xi/Hur)
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To: nickcarraway

You just have to put up with the long winters and the Russkis on your border


10 posted on 11/04/2024 4:58:08 PM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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