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		markyc on Jan 23, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Help. I need to go away from here yep, from the title i thought he lives in Ukraine or in some war-torn country You may want to emulate Balsamiq's Peldi, or at least shoot him an email and get some perspective from him Start your own projects and take the initiative, or like others have pointed, just switch countries gl!

_kulte on Jan 23, 2014 | [–]

Might want to shoot Salvatore Sanfilippo an email as well.

davidw on Jan 23, 2014 | [–]

Peldi actually lived in the US for a while, where he built up some savings prior to launching. He also incorporated Balsamiq as an LLC before doing the Italian equivalent (which is way more expensive and bureaucratic).

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