Don’t expect this kind of zippy action from your Congress… After having breakfast on Wednesday at the Mandarin Oriental in Boston, venture capitalists Brad Feld and Jeff Bussgang decided to “open-source” a novel strategy for creating more H1-B visas for entrepreneurs that was developed here in...
When Governor Charlie Baker started tackling the $760 million budget deficit, he proposed cutting from dozens of line items. But seldom has a cut of a mere $1 million caused such a fuss in the tech community. That’s because Baker wants to cut a fledgling program...
Gov. Charlie Baker plans to cut a pilot program established by Deval Patrick last year that gives foreign students who attended Massachusetts colleges and universities the option of staying in the Bay State to build their businesses. Patrick established the so-called "Global Entrepreneur in Residence Program,"administered...
As the Baker administration sorted through the myriad of program cuts needed to cover the $768 million in red ink Gov. Deval Patrick left behind, among the easier cuts were those in programs not even off the ground yet. Lots of things would be nice to...
Would immigration reform really boost American entrepreneurship rates? With President Obama’s executive action on immigration, stagnant rates of business creation, and new legislative proposals aimed at recruiting immigrant entrepreneurs, this seems like a salient question to ask. Pick up almost any academic paper on immigrant entrepreneurship...
A new administration brings a mandate for change, but some of outgoing Governor Deval Patrick’s programs are well worth preserving or expanding. Here, Globe Opinion writers suggest some programs that Governor-elect Charlie Baker ought to keep. Grant visas to entrepreneurs Governor Patrick’s innovative Global Entrepreneur in Residence...
Foreign entrepreneurs, take note: "There is a welcome mat out in Massachusetts." That's the message Greg Bialecki hopes will be conveyed through the launch of the Global Entrepreneur in Residence program this fall. Bialecki, the Massachusetts secretary of housing and economic development, helped implement the three-year pilot...
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick unveiled a novel plan that aims to let foreign-born, U.S.-educated entrepreneurs stay in the country. How it works. Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick holds a press briefing in Boston in January. FORTUNE — In America’s battle to keep the foreign entrepreneurs it trains, Massachusetts...
Two big proposals from Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick today. First, he’s proposing to ban non-competition agreements. He’s also proposing anincredibly clever and innovative approach to immigration reform applicable only to Massachusetts. I lived in the Boston-area for twelve years (Cambridge for four years and Boston for eight...
Written off as dead, real immigration reform is back on the agenda in Washington - good news for American universities, American businesses and all of us who want to accelerate our slow economic recovery. President Obama reaffirmed his commitment to immigration reform in his State of...
