Will you be happily approaching retirement, or diving head first into the startup ecosystem?
Language, accessibility to rest of Europe, a vibrant startup ecosystem, the financial market, talent and flexible business conditions were all contributing factors.
One possible factor is the limited number of females in the sector – just one third of the UK startup ecosystem is made up of women.
According to data in the 2015 Global Startup Ecosystem (pdf) report, Berlin is home to between 1,800 and 3,000 active tech startups.
This polled over 220 early-stage, digital startups in the UK in a bid to reveal the social makeup of Britain's startup ecosystem.
Part of the issue is simply that a significant part of a mature startup ecosystem requires former founders to provide guidance and funding to the next generation.
According to StartUp Muster, there's no real need for a male-only workspace in the first place: a survey of Australia's startup ecosystem showed 74% are headed up by men.
If we are to make best use of data, we need a bridge between academic research, public, private and third sectors, and a thriving startup ecosystem where new ideas and approaches can grow.
"We all got fooled by the startup ecosystem, by the investors drunk of dreams of unicorns (in media, of all places!), by the media who were covering all of this, desperate to look relevant and cool..
Already home to the cab hailing service Hailo, song identifier Shazam and social chat platform Badoo, the ever-growing list represents what a vast and emergent startup ecosystem there is in Europe.
Budding startup ecosystem.
