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As you no doubt read last week, I contacted my old mentor Abercrombie Jefferson<\/a> to get some advice, since a few years ago he had also gone through the process of finding a location for a European office for his company, AJX Invisibility. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 He gave me some very good tips.  His first recommendation was to write down all the criteria that matter the most to me.  Then you can compare how different host countries measure up to your list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 For the past few days, I\u2019ve been working with Beauregard, my CFO, to put together a list of factors that really matter to Jackson Quantum Ventures (and me personally, of course).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 So here are our Top Ten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 1. Lively business environment<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Why on earth would anybody go all the way to Europe to set up a new office, if it would be located in some stodgy country that makes it hard for companies to conduct business, regulates the life out of them, has no support network for entrepreneurs, doesn\u2019t welcome new things \u2013 a place where everything is beige, all the ice cream is vanilla, and their last big invention was the self-sharpening pencil in 1884?  We want to locate in a country with a tradition of innovation and inventiveness, where business life is really humming, companies network and help each other, and the whole place is positively sizzling with energy\u2026 because we are going to tap into all of that!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 2.  Smart, hard-working folks<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Operation Quantum Pancake alone will probably require a team of 35 really committed scientists and business professionals \u2013 maybe even a philosopher or two \u2013 and when we launch the next groundbreaking projects in our Quantum series, for example The Bathing Suit for the 22nd Century and the Digital Heli-Nose, we\u2019ll need even more. The country we select has to be teeming with highly qualified, motivated graduates who will be eager to roll up their sleeves and work for a visionary boss (me), who will pay them fair and square for an honest day\u2019s work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 3.  No strikes<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The flipside of item No. 2 on the list is that we don\u2019t want to commit ourselves to getting established in a country where everything comes to a screeching halt five times a year because the labor force has a bunch of complaints.  Maybe the complaints are justified, I don\u2019t know.  (Do I care?  I do not.)  All I know is, if the workforce goes on strike, we\u2019ll be the ones getting hurt.  So we will avoid this at all costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 4.  Low taxes<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

OK, I understand that taxes are necessary. And taxes pay for a lot of good stuff, like schools and bridges and hospitals and electric car subsidies, so it\u2019s only fair to contribute.  But I\u2019m not going all the way to Europe to set up Jackson Quantum Ventures\u2019 outfit over there just so it can be milked like a big juicy moo-cow.  I want low taxes.  Looooooow!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 5.  No bureaucracy<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I know, I know: This is just a pipe dream. There\u2019s bureaucracy in every country. But can\u2019t we at least zero in on the countries where the red tape is minimal, instead of everywhere?  After all, our company is a lean, mean fighting machine. I want us to spend our time (and my<\/em> money) on producing, selling, growing<\/em> \u2013 not feeding the monster.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

6.  English, por favor!<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ll be hiring plenty of local people, and I don\u2019t really mind what language they speak behind my back to each other.  But we have to be able to communicate with each other, so they have to be able to speak English as goodly as I do.  And what about all the other people we\u2019ll have to deal with?  Bankers, accountants, the tax man, bigwigs at the chamber of commerce, the mailman, the nice salesgirl at the bakery around the corner?  Sure, eventually I\u2019ll grasp their lingo\u2026 after all, it only took me three short years in high school to master Latin \u2026 but I just don\u2019t want the struggle.  I prefer that they know some English, and they<\/em> struggle, trying to understand me<\/em>! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 7.  Schools and doctors<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I guess this is actually two things, but in my mind they\u2019re related. You see, at any point in time, I\u2019m pretty sure that Jackson Quantum Ventures is going to have at least a couple of our high-flying executives working over there.  Take Beauregard, for example.  He\u2019s so loyal, I could send him to North Korea and he\u2019d be packing his bags two minutes later.  And who knows, Norma may even convince me to go spend a couple of years there ourselves \u2013 me, to oversee things at work and her, to soak up all that culture they have over there.  Our ex-pat employees are going to want good schools for their kids, and top-notch healthcare for when the little tykes come down with the measles.  This factor is really a must.  It could be a deal breaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8.  Non-stop flights from Indianapolis<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

OK, this requirement will not<\/em> be a deal breaker.  It sure would make life easy, though!  So I\u2019m putting it on the list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9.  Good access<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

And speaking of transportation, it won\u2019t be long till we\u2019ll be churning out those high-value Quantum products of ours, so it has to be easy, painless, and cheap to get them rolling out to every corner of Europe.  Nice big highways!  Railroad tracks hither and yon.  Airports.  All well maintained \u2013 no potholes, please!  Maybe this means we should be thinking about a nice central location instead of, say, Lapland or the Azores. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

10.  Everything else<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

 I also want all these other things: I want beautiful scenery, friendly people, fresh air, common sense, law and order, things to do, parks and recreation, quaint little shoppes and big shopping malls, opera and fossil hunting (Norma and I have somewhat different interests), nice restaurants and great food (No, Beauregard, you do not get a veto if the national dishes are \u201ctoo spicy\u201d: man up, for god\u2019s sake!), and in general: culture \u2013 lots of it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Am I being too demanding?  Is all this too much to ask?  I honestly don\u2019t think so!  What do you<\/em> think?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For now,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hairy Vaderci!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jimmy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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