MIA Friday

Apologies, dear readers. I have been MIA this morning. Pilates at 8 a.m. and then had to rush Mr. Vinnie to the vet for some issues you don't want to know about....believe me. He's going to be fine and actually got a gold star for losing another half a pound. The big fella -- who is essentially Tony Soprano in cat form-- is now under 20 lbs for the first time, since, um, he was a kitten, I think.

I also swung by the bank to deposit a very, very important check from Penguin. Important because it solidifies the fact that my book is indeed getting published in 15 days and important because it represents the down-payment on our new Victorian in the mission!! Yay!

So, as I get my late start to blogging, mosey over to TechCrunch and read this. Whether you care about technology because you are a rabid early adopter or a rabid stock investor, this is an important issue for you. I've only recently started to understand just how hard it is to move companies to the US-- even from non-threatening places like the UK. (I mean what are they going to do? Charmingly mock us to death?) Between this and the H1-B Visa issue there's just way too much of a disconnect between the Silicon Valley ecosystem that WANTS smart people with good ideas and the smart people with good ideas that support the Silicon Valley ecosystem.

Made worse by the fact that 50% of the congress doesn't even have a passport.

Am I right?

Comments

[Y]

Is there a suggestion perhaps that tables might be turned in the open source world - where Europe tends to take the lead?

[sarah lacy]

hey Y

honestly, i think that's the risk the U.S. takes. even if you lose hot companies one-by-one, it can add up. and each skype or equivalent in another place seeds more innovation there. let's be honest- silicon valley isn't going anywhere overnight. but there's also no set birthright for us to always be the hub of innovation. right now people want to come here because it makes starting a company so much easier. why are we erecting barriers to that?