ig1, I think that's a reasonable concern. While the organisation would lobby on general tech. policy issues, it's focus would be on start-up tech. entrepreneurs

ig1, I think that's a reasonable concern. While the organisation would lobby on general tech. policy issues, it's focus would be on start-up tech. entrepreneurs. Other, larger, companies have a voice through the general business lobby, i.e., the CBI in the UK. Unfortunately, this has meant that start-ups---through a combination of lack of time and lack of funds---are not properly represented in the political discourse. At the moment the voice of tech. comes from the likes of Apple and Google, but this is---like you hinted---economically disadvantageous to the start-up crowd. The big companies have an incentive to clampdown on small-time tech. funding and implement regressive licensing policies. Here's my main worry: While the tech. start-up community is essential to ongoing economic growth, esp. as international competition intensifies, time and funding commitments mean that they are sidelined in national and transnational policy/funding settlements. I believe that the community needs to coalesce around an experienced and informed mission group in order to secure our interests. NOTE: Thanks for engaging ig1. The original post made my ambitions in this direction sound too broad. Our discussion has helped me narrow-in on the type of organisation I believe the sector needs.