The Loose Reins on U.S. Teenagers Can Produce Trouble or Entrepreneurs

Interesting article about how the lack of structure in the US (often cited as a problem in education) may actually be a boon to teens who are more interested in finding their own path.

One line surprised me a bit, though: "Ben also cited outsourcing, in this case the ability to buy cheap programming from abroad, as helping business start-ups."

Cheap server space and productive programming languages help a lot, of course... but how many people here involved in start-ups would say that offshored application development has been an important factor in starting business?