Brad Feld interviewed at Gov 2.0 Summit 2010
summary
Early-stage software and internet startups rebound since the mid‑2000s and scale far faster than typical small businesses (a few founders to ~1,000 employees in 2–3 years). Accelerators like TechStars run 4x/year with 10 companies each; in one Boulder cohort 2 of 10 were immigrant founders who couldn’t secure stable visas and left. The practical fix proposed is the Startup Visa using under‑used EB-5 allocation: grant visas to foreign founders who raise modest qualified funding so companies can stay and grow.
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chapters (5)
- 0:00Innovation and startups intro
- 1:48Government’s role in growth
- 3:52Immigration challenges
- 7:02Startup Visa proposal
- 10:33Remaining visa hurdles
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