Adyen (www.adyen.com) is based in Amsterdam, did you check them? Anyone has any experience with them?

We passed on them because their homepage didn't feel professional and trustworthy.

Around 10K€ or $15K in USD.

Unbelievable! I would have fixed that in less than one minute!

Same here. It's causing us massive problems and it's not only the money we're not receiving, it's angry customers who are unable to cancel or view their subscriptions. I'm tired of looking, and haven't found, but, is there any good alternative to Paypal for merchants outside the US/UK?

Questionform.com bounce rate (last 30 days, google analytics) 37%

A Browser based (with js, no plugins) screen sharing. Something like VNC for the web, for real time tech support.

Yes - and second that with a usable white board interface - Livemeeting sucks so badly!

i second the whiteboard. this could probably be done based on the VNC source.

security settings from the browsers prevent it. how, technologically speaking, does your browser have access to the whole screen's framebuffer?

You have to use java or flash or some kind of plugin which can access the windowserver.

I'm not giving up!!! ;-)

I have a mashup (http://mappeo.net) that does something similar on the browser with google maps; searches for geo tagged youtube videos. BTW, anyone has any suggestion on improving the site?

I think PG is right. Ryan Carson wishful thinking is not going make it better. I due however think that Europe has an opportunity to attract hackers from everywhere (due to USA VISA policies) and build a vibrant startup community.

It's even harder to move to Europe as an entrepreneur for someone who is neither in the US or EU.

You're right, that's why i think european policy makers need to change that

European policy makers - or at least the ones I've been exposed to - generally have their heads pretty far up their asses in terms of the modern world. The nordic countries seem to do things a little better, however, they have some fairly strong reasons to not throw open the borders. Citizenship in those countries is the most valuable thing a lot of the poorer people own.

I'm in Portugal, we have very good climate and beaches but i don't think Lisbon or any other Portuguese city will ever be a hub. It's not just the climate.