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"Mashable is proud to join technology's brightest entrepreneurs in the March For Innovation, a virtual march on Washington that calls for smart, comprehensive immigration reform to attract and keep the best and brightest to fuel innovation and American jobs.\nEnsuring new technology companies have the best chance at success, create jobs and grow the economy in the process means taking an active interest in public policy and governance. Doing so can make the difference between benefiting from good policy and being railroaded by bad policy.  \nThoughtful and comprehensive immigration reform is absolutely essential to ensuring continued successes in the startup economy, and in turn the health of the U.S. economy as a whole. So that\u2019s why I\u2019m actively working for reform through my firm, Hattery, Engine Advocacy, where I am on the board. I also support the efforts of Mayor Bloomberg\u2019s March for Innovation.\nSEE ALSO: The High-Tech Immigration Debate: Everything You Need to Know\n\nEngine Advocacy was founded to give startups a voice and a seat at the table in Washington D.C. Through research, education and campaigns, we connect startups with government and work to create an environment where startups can thrive. We are proud to partner with March for Innovation, making our collective voice louder and more powerful \u2014 now and for future policy discussions.\nDespite an entrepreneurial spirit practically encoded in our national identity, we\u2019re facing a growing gap between the jobs we can create and the skills and employees needed to fill them. Therefore, we're struggling to live up to our own standards. \nIn the long term, we need to fix our education system to help power that growth and give young people the skills they need to compete in a global marketplace. However, in the short term, we must realize that global talent is already on our shores or ready to move here and build our economy. \nIt\u2019s imperative that we find a way to attract and keep knowledge here, working and building business in America so that our economy can continue to thrive. Startups can power the next generation of growth in the American economy if we let them. Join the March to add your voice to the discussion.  \n\nImage via Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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