Regarding your edit - I can't understand why anyone doing a startup wouldn't want to be based in the US! Better executive talent, great engineering talent (but

Regarding your edit - I can't understand why anyone doing a startup wouldn't want to be based in the US! Better executive talent, great engineering talent (but perhaps expensive given demand), plenty of VCs, angels etc & importantly, exit opportunities. As another commenter mentioned, the sheer amount of successes (in the Valley especially) isn't coincidence. The Startup Visa initiative is a great idea, but is that ever going to happen? The current US immigration system is an extremely good filter at keeping generally law-abiding entrepreneurs out, but letting in the exact kind of individuals it purports to protect the US from. If you're going to keep potential job-creators out in this economy, why let anyone in?