I have a business partner who could be described as an entrepreneur and he also lives in Spain, this could provide some interesting conversation for us!

Anyway, I think Spanish people are entrepreneurs, since many people work either as “autonomos” or in the so-called PYMES. But I agree with you that the obsession to become a civil servant as the only way to attain a “safe” way of living is probably killing the entreprenurial drive of Spaniards in general.

I don’t have much free time right now, not even to update my own blog, much less to read others’, but I’ll come back asap, because I like your neutral perspective. Best wishes from Green Spain

I don’t criticise Spain in general because I love working and living here however things have to be worked around at times because the way things work is sometimes unfathomable. Telefonica are a particular bugbear. And I have a history of ranting against them on my other blog Houses For Sale in Spain.

Thanks for the well thought out comment and I look forward to hearing more from you

I think, actually, the Canary Islands are different. I have seen more businesses set up here over the years than my 86-year-old dad has had hot dinners, and that would be set up by people of all nationalities, including Canarian/Spanish. Of course, I have also seen a huge per centage of them fail, mostly because the “entrepreneurs” were dreamers and not doers. I used to compare it to the gold rush in California. Almost everything I’ve read about that you could change around the types of business and names and make a fit. Natch, the Gold Rush is over now, was a while before La Crisis, and these days you have to be more savy or you last a shorter time and crash heavier. Of course the ex-pats blame Spain and not their own lack of enterprise, work ethic or common sense, hence my reluctance to engage in discussion with them.

Many congrats on your blog, which is well-informed, amusing and extremley readable.