Storytime. In my biomedical engineer/medical device days, I used to go to lots of biotech meetups.
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The Overseas Private Investment Corp is being axed. We have no State Department. We have no Dept. of Commerce.
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This spells death for small and medium businesses in these spaces. For medical devices, you *need* global access or you're done.
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These cuts won't have a ripple effect. They'll have a tsunami effect. This is industry-eviscerating stuff.
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The next time a representative from another state talks to me about innovation, I promise you it will come with visa assistance offers.
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This is straight-up kneecapping American innovation. I've spent almost my entire career in R&D and have never seen something so damaging.
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I never did get to experiment on British citizens, tho.
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