The Azores are 2 hours closer to the US than most of the EU, and for that reason would be an interesting fallback for companies exporting to the US. IT and more generally a wide range of virtual work...

Perhaps there are more development opportunities for the Azores in the area of more scientific research projects using the natural environment as a starting point ...

The geographical conditions still make face-to-face contact a necessity for anything you would like to achieve on the Azores. There are many silent barriers that you don't understand.

Opening a bank account for private activities is fairly easy and doable, although you do need a local phone number to easily use it remotely and make your regular transfers ...

There are great opportunities in terms of subsidy available for this outlying area as far as the EU is concerned ...