Opening a company in Croatia, despite sounding very simple in theory, is sometimes a complicated process. This was evidenced by Matija Srbić, the head of the startup Juvo – Home Friend, who detailed on the Government’s Facebook page the complications he faced while trying to establish his company.
One of his main complaints is that the services are called electronic, yet almost every step of opening a company requires doing things ‘on foot’. When approving the company name, he encountered unexpected problems, and he was not allowed to register all the activities he wanted to engage in. Additionally, opening a simple limited liability company in four days has not proven to be a realistic option, considering that Srbić has been trying for three weeks and is not even close to being finished. You can read about the incorrect company address due to a typo by the clerk and the complications it caused in the post that Srbić directed to the Government.
Srbić graduated from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing as one of the best students in his generation, and with the idea of developing smart sensors that notify parents when a child heads towards less safe parts of the home, such as the kitchen or balcony, he participated in numerous student competitions at the global level. He hopes to soon conclude the lengthy process of dealing with administration and open his company, and he asks the Government the following:
