I have been using the dashboard for a few weeks and am still trying to get configured to be a effective as I want it. Some of the tips you mention above will help me tune it. I think that tips like these would be helpful for first time uses maximize their early experience.

I would agree that I want all of the relevant information I am looking for but their is plenty of opportunities for innovation around:

Finding relevant information
in a timely manner
and in a format that is usable

Too often I know the information I need is available but I cannot locate in a timely fashion using current tools or the information is not in a retrievable or easily digested format.

many entrepreneurs want to come to the US to start their companies, especially in tech. No other nation in the world has the combination of capital, talent and legal/business framework necessary to succeed like the US does. I agree that entrepreneurship is the way up for most developing nations but in most cases this starts with small mom and pop operations not the high tech venture backed startup.

I think it is going to be difficult to not have a "Super-Angel" exemption be gamed. It seems to me that it could be easy for someone or a group to either sell visas or perhaps fund other types of nefarious activity through this loophole. Unfortunately, I think some kind of registration would have to take place. I also am not sure how well the US government could oversee such a program since there are many examples of them being unable to oversee the programs they currently have in place.
I support the concept of the startup Visa because it makes sense to go out and continue to make the US the place for innovation.

I havent read every comment so some of this mat be addressed and these are in a random order:
The money component could easily lead to gaming of the system
It should be written to include a clause that the founder must work full time in the business
IS it possible that just raising the H1B cap would solve much of this problem?
is it possible to get this passed they will trade h1B jobs for founders jobs and is that a good compromise?
if a dollar requirement is included it should include SBIR/STTR funding
Would a bank loan qualify for the 250K?
This is actually as much or more of a problem in life sciences
likelihood of current members of congress and administration (both parties) to understand and get this right is low

It appears to me they may have started with the answer they preferred then worked backward.

This just doesn't make sense. If you are successful as angel investors then the costs of offsetting incurred costs should be minor compared to the returns generated. I know of many angel groups where the members pay $1000/year and they do not charge the entrepreneurs. You expect the companies you invest in to spend their money in a wise and efficient manner. Why is it so difficult for an angel group to do so?

I would also agree with your definition of an angel, having at least 25K in the game in the last twelve months. As an entrepreneur I would ask this question of potential angels. In many groups, only a handful do any real investing and that makes the supposed efficiency of pitching to these groups lower than it would appear..

W are bringing him to Kentucky to do the lean workshop as well

Kathy, Thanks for the coment. Are you sttending the event?