i wonder if he's using the emigration argument to try and convince people to support this, or at least get their attention. i'm not sure if people will get behi

i wonder if he's using the emigration argument to try and convince people to support this, or at least get their attention. i'm not sure if people will get behind the founder frustration argument, but if people think jobs are at risk they might be swayed more easily. i thought the argument was pretty convincing in the story--you saw more than half the people in that room raised their hands when asked if they thought they might move back or get kicked out of the country. you don't have to look at stats to realize how frustrating this is for startup founders. anyone who has done a startup with an international cofounder (i've done one where both my cofounders were international), you know how much of a pointless hassle this is. you can look for stats on this and it may or may not show the severity of the emigration problem, but this is a real and frustrating thing to deal with. it's just the wrong thing founders should be worrying about. personally, i don't think this will cause a major increase in emigration (although it's hard to define "major"), but you're forcing students who would prefer to do a startup to go work for a large company (one that will sponsor their visa) out of school.