This is particularly true with many of the Republican candidates as much of their leading contributors are large corporations (who startups hope to disrupt, such as cable companies, cellular networks, food industry, etc). And while the Democrats are certainly as corrupt, they often get their pay-offs from sectors which won't negatively impact startups as often (e.g. unions, education, alternative energy, etc). Although I will fully admit that they're both equally in the financial service's industry pocket.
At the moment I don't know for sure who is running. Plus on top of that the president doesn't actually have that much power (directly) to protect or hurt startups. A lot of the issues come from legislation passed by the houses or state stupidity.
On so-called business issues it could really depend. If someone from the business-y branch of the GOP runs (Romney, et al) that could add some experience in that area. Of course, if someone from the Brownback school of politics runs, all that could mean would be fiscally irresponsible tax cuts. The same is true for the Democrats.
Topics:
- H1B Visa's - more?, less?
- Sole Proprietorship tax advantages (i.e. lower income tax)
- Tax advantages for companies/startups that are helping in areas like: healthcare, education, infrastructure (not servers but roads, bridges, etc.)
- Communications related areas of concern: cellular, broadband, cable. More regulation? less regulation? net neutrality?
http://recode.net/2014/11/26/former-hp-ceo-fiorina-contempla...
You already did with that post. I'd like a candidate that has some business experience, but realizes that the US government should NOT be run like a business.