Something being possible doesn&#x27;t necessarily mean it&#x27;s not a problem. Nobody is saying it is impossible to have a startup in Europe -- there are startups in Europe, of course it is possible. The issue is that having a startup in Europe is far harder to start and harder to scale which means there are far less startups in Europe and to have a successful startup is a higher bar.<p>If this still isn&#x27;t clear, you can try comparing it to being a female tech founder in the 00s. It was possible and some people did it - but it was very challenging and there were more roadblocks making it difficult to succeed. Changing the culture a bit has already had an effect on this in the last couple years. Changing the European startup culture could create great gains there too.