[throwaway1979]

I remember seeing that the UK gave visa preferences to people with MBAs from certain top american schools. I wish there was something equivalent in the US for technical people (e.g. people with a masters/PhD from a top 20 non-us school). There are current solutions but none support someone doing a startup.

[HistoryInAction]

Too many Congresscritters scared of something like that being used to hack the system. It's going to be American schools-only, if we can pass anything at all.

And yes, current solutions are pretty awful. I detail some hacks here though: https://www.quora.com/Blueseed/Are-there-any-interim-solutio...

More and more founders are looking to O-1, especially if they can raise a round, putting them in the top few % of all 'startups,' including mom and pop shops, but damned if I'm explaining Steve Blank's segementation of the new business market to USCIS.