{"id":3089,"date":"2017-07-19T08:56:03","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T08:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.openbusinesscouncil.org\/?p=3089"},"modified":"2020-11-03T19:02:19","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T19:02:19","slug":"startup-city-index-best-cities-start-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.footballthink.com\/startup-city-index-best-cities-start-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Startup City Index Best Cities to Start a Business"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If you\u2019re planning to start a business, you might want to head to Vancouver, according to a new study by UK\u2019s leading freelance marketplace PeoplePerHour<\/a>.<\/p>\n The bustling Canadian seaport has been ranked the best place in the world to start a business, topping the Startup City Index with a high quality of life, good access to office space <\/a>and relative ease of getting a company off the ground.<\/p>\n Berlin, a well-known startup hub came in at second place and perhaps surprisingly, it is Manchester in at third, beating competition from San Francisco and New York. In fact, Manchester far outperforms its UK rival, London, when it comes to startup appeal, thanks to its low cost of living and the great conditions it offers for startups. London came in 14th place overall, but it has a way to go if it wants to compete with its northern cousin.<\/p>\n Rounding up the top five cities for startups are the Portuguese capital of Lisbon (4th) and Sweden\u2019s Stockholm (5th) who performed well for office availability and rents and ease of starting a business.<\/p>\n Using a variety of data to rank each city according to the factors most likely to impact upon startups, such as cost, quality of life and ease of starting a new business*, \u00a0PeoplePerHour created a metric to provide a definitive Index ranking the 25 cities.<\/p>\n California cities dominate the second half of the top ten, with San Diego (6th) and LA (9th) making an appearance.<\/p>\n