There are plenty of us non-US-citizens here. Actually, about half (!) if we rely on this poll: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=527681 http://news.ycombinat

There are plenty of us non-US-citizens here. Actually, about half (!) if we rely on this poll: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=527681 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=527681 But relatively few HN users are actually founders overall -- there have been polls about that too. Besides, there's no reason to assume that most non-US founders are necessarily looking to move to US. For what is worth: I'd likely move to US for a job if I could get a work visa. On the other hand, if I do decide to start a company then I'd be just as happy to do it in Japan (where I live) or in Brazil (my home country).