11/12/02 00:40:40.19 9OsJ0sRQ.net
Startup hopes to hack the immigration system with a floating incubator - By Timothy B. Lee
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> Some of the Silicon Valley's most important companies, including Intel, Google, and Yahoo,
> were cofounded by immigrants. Yet America's creaky immigration system makes it difficult
> for talented young people born outside of the United States to come to the Bay Area.
> There have been various proposals to make it easier for immigrant entrepreneurs to come
> to the United States, but they've made no progress in Congress.
> So a new company called Blueseed is seeking to bypass the political process and solve the
> problem directly. Blueseed plans to buy a ship and turn it into a floating incubator anchored
> in international waters off the coast of California.
(To be continued... See the URL on the top of this posting!)