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I have friends who moved north and applied for their entrepreneurship visa. The whole program is a pay for play scam where local VCs and incubators either deman

I have friends who moved north and applied for their entrepreneurship visa. The whole program is a pay for play scam where local VCs and incubators either demand money up front to "join" their incubator or give ridiculous equity terms in the hope of cornering a desperate founder who won't or can't immigrate easily to the states. The whole thing is a money making grift designed to enrich the friends of their politicians. https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/start-visa.html https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/se... You are going to find very few if any brand name VCs participating in their dog and pony show. https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/start-visa/designated-organizations.html https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/se...

pj_mukh 3y ago
Controversial opinion: that program is mostly inconsequential at scale. The real needle driver is the much maligned student visa program. While stuffing students into rando colleges in the far flung regions of the country (“diploma mills”) isn’t great, the mainstay colleges/universities should be encouraged to double/triple their intake. There is an existing workflow that turns students into well-networked, educated individuals empowered to manouever the levers of power/capital. Just lean on that more.
silenced_trope 3y ago
> You are going to find very few if any brand name VCs participating in their dog and pony show. Maybe some grifters. Case in point, Jason Calacanis: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheAllinPodcasts/comments/17bkk8a/jasons_launchco_job_update/ https://www.reddit.com/r/TheAllinPodcasts/comments/17bkk8a/j...