Walking around Valencia yesterday I thought I would take a few photos of offline businesses that have set up in Valencia recently.
So Tell Me Again, Why Do I Need A To Be on The Internet and Do Social Networking?
Here is a conversation that I have had time and time again with Spanish businesses with very slight variations each time but it generally follows the same path. Remember the conversation is in Spanish and also remember if you don’t believe me “Spain is Different”.
Dec 022011
I thought I would start this little article on work in Spain by telling you a few salient facts about Spain;
1) Unemployment currently stands at 22.9%
2) To set up your own business costs an initial monthly cost of at least 450 Euros with an on-going monthly cost of 350 Euros, even if you do not require office space or a place of work.
3) If you are self-employed, you do not qualify for any unemployment benefit if things don’t work out.
A report has just been leaked to the press that the black economy in Spain now makes up 23.3% of all transactions. This means that a quarter of the economy in Spain doesn’t show up on the official figures for the size of the GDP for example. The figure is 5% higher than a decade ago and it is getting higher due to the famous “Crisis”.
As you will know if you have been following the blog I am co-writing a book at the moment. Tentatively called “The Bootstrapping Book – How to start up a business from nothing” (Catchy title I know) it comprises ten chapters with various ideas for getting started in your own business without having to buy stock, rent a place to conduct your business or, in essence, put money down.
Jun 012011
We have previously stated that there are a myriad of disincentives to starting up a business in Spain, so many that it is untrue. However I still insist that it is the best way to actually live and work in Spain. Plant the seeds and watch them grow, slowly and bit by bit.
Jun 012011
Valencia had its week of fiestas last week called Fallas. Here in Spain we don’t really bother with a bank holiday on a Monday. If a fiesta is there to be enjoyed then it has to be for a much more extended time scale. Think about the upcoming Feria de Abril in Sevilla, last week’s Carnival in the Islas Canarias, the Magdalena in Castellon in the next couple of weeks and a whole host of other fiestas that exist in every small town, village and large city in the whole of Spain. They all span near to a whole week.
I have had one of those mornings where you finish up with the blood pressure through the roof and teeth ground down through so much gnashing of them throughout the morning.
I don’t know whether it is a birthday or a milestone but the next post I put up on Houses For Sale In Spain will be the 500th post on the site. To celebrate I am going to eat a cake! However for my clients it will mean a huge difference because there is going to be an announcement that will surprise and delight in equal measure.
Mar 132011
Answer me a question.
What’s a domain?
And another.
What’s a website?
And a last one.
What’s the difference?
Now you my dear reader know the difference and think that this is a stupid question because you are an intelligent and multifaceted being.
