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Um, would you mind explaining how this program would fill the need for a startup visa? I don't know how many people applying to the startup school have $500k -$
by lutorm 17y ago
Um, would you mind explaining how this program would fill the need for a startup visa? I don't know how many people applying to the startup school have $500k -$1M to fork over before even starting to work on their startup, but I doubt it'll be a resounding success...
- patio11 17y agoThe Startup Visa proposals seem to be "Let's anoint a group of VCs or angels with the ability to decide who gets to come to the US", which I think opens the possibility for ahem corruption and gives a governmental or semi-governmental group the authority to pick winners in the market. If you just sold visas, it would just be another capital-raising barrier to hop over. No nonsense about "Must create 10 jobs" or "Must win the favor of a particular bureaucrat", just "Convince someone -- anyone -- that you're a good enough risk to put #{PRICE_OF_VISA} on the line." You could also let the market price the visas for you if you want, via an auction mechanic or something similar.
- tptacek 17y agoNone of the "startup visa" proposals give you a free visa just because you want to apply to startup school.