Last week, The Startup Success Podcast interviewed Eric Ries of StartupVisa.com about the techie communities grassroots effort to create a visa explicitly for startup founders. In the rather lengthy interview, Eric Ries discusses the impetus behind the visa, the obvious need for the visa and his experiences discussing the visa with influencers on Capital Hill. He also addresses many of the concerns that other techies might have with the visa.
The Startup Visa has been introduced as legislation by Senators John Kerry (D-MA) & Richard Lugar (R-IN) and similar legislation has been introduced into the House. The legislation has been endorsed by over 100 American Venture Capitalists.
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