Hey Obama, Where?s the Startup Visa in the Startup America Plan? (TCTV)

Ankur Jain is the 20-year-old founder of the Kairos Society, a group that tries to discover the world leaders of the future and bring them together for support, mentoring and networking. He swung through San Francisco in between being named one of the partner organizations for President Obama's Startup America initiative and the Kairos Society's Global Summit in New York February 25-27, no doubt feeling as light and celebratory as this picture I found on his blog. But as impressive as Jain's organization is, I had some tough questions about the viability of the President's plan. Most government initiatives to spur entrepreneurship-- on a local, national and international level-- fail spectacularly. Culturally, structurally and geographically the beltway could not be farther from Silicon Valley. Even if you believe that "replicating Silicon Valley" is feasible, it's a several-decade initiative, not something that will solve a job crisis now.

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