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The startup visa bill smells like progress and I don't buy the idea that a small step in the right direction hinders efforts at more radical reform. However, I
by amirnathoo 17y ago
The startup visa bill smells like progress and I don't buy the idea that a small step in the right direction hinders efforts at more radical reform.
However, I would like to see a more entrepreneur-centric approach that makes the O1 and EB1 processes easier, rather than using the EB5 as a starting point. That would benefit a wider group of entrepreneurs, though not necessarily investors and it's the investors who seem to have the lobbying power to make change happen.
- pchristensen 17y agoI just think the investors have more to gain. An individual foreign entrepreneur doesn't have the means to lobby the US gov't, and domestic entrepreneurs don't have this problem. Investors might benefit dozens or hundreds of times from this effort.
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- amirnathoo 17y agoWhether or not investors gain more this is still also a win for a certain group of entrepreneurs and I can't see how it is harmful for others outside that group. Since investors are the ones doing the legwork to lobby for this it's natural that they're working for themselves too. For the rest... one thing that surprised me was how much easier it seems for Australians to setup here than Brits like myself. I speculate that our own government could do a lot more to lobby on our behalf themselves but are more concerned by the (short termist) fear of a serious brain drain.