Google pledges 1 million € to Berlin startub hub The Factory

Google pledges 1 million € to Berlin startub hub The Factory(whiteboardmag.com)

46 points by Vilvaram1 13 years ago | 10 comments

mgkimsal 13 years ago |

might help out everyone more if they just paid more taxes in more european countries, vs playing selective benefactor when it suits them.

fierarul 13 years ago | |

It's nice how when you are rich enough you have a choice of paying taxes?

You know what startup would grow the size of Google? One that would provide fully automated, dirt cheap tax avoidance for the masses. If anything, that would be one way of closing the various loopholes that everybody knows about.

stfu 13 years ago | | |

You can add to that the whole subsidize issues. Lots of opportunities in the EU but very few who are really knowledgeable on how to optimize/maximize that subject.

andreasklinger 13 years ago | |

You are assuming that the state (tax recp) would know how to invest it most efficiently into startups.

(Not saying that the way large companies get around taxes is a good thing for the society)

mgkimsal 13 years ago | | |

No, I'm not saying that.

"might help out everyone more"

"efficient investment into startups" is not "helping out everyone more", despite the echo chamber that is silicon valley.

ComputerGuru 13 years ago | |

Maybe they feel the government is colossally ineffective when it comes to efficiently converting taxes into jobs?

foobarbarbaz 13 years ago |

Wish it had gone to c-base

dualogy 13 years ago | |

Nah. Can only imagine the "sell-out!!" out-cries... ;)

derrida 13 years ago | | |

On the other hand, it could do with it's planetary stack pointer thrust engine being repaired.