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March 31, 2011 08:48 am GMT

Startup Visa D.O.A., and Startup America Just a Giant Press Release?

President Obama seems to understand the role that startups play and the contribution that skilled immigrants make to U.S. economic growth. He has talked a lot about the importance of science and engineering, and expressed fears that, unless we improve our game, China and India will out-innovate us. He even visited Silicon Valley recently to talk to its elite. And he has had his Chief Technology Officer, Aneesh Chopra, make several trips here to the Valley.I commend the President for putting a spotlight on entrepreneurship with his Startup America initiative; but I can't help wondering whether this is just a giant press release. It needs more substance: a way for foreign-born entrepreneurs to start companies here and a leveling of the playing field for entrepreneurs wanting to solve government problems.I debated this with Aneesh Chopra, at the Economist Innovation Summit in Berkeley, last week.

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