I was there and really appreciated the talk. The message was clear, NYC is good enough to found a startup in, and nobody will promise that it will be an equally strong startup hub as SV.

Does this count?

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aiiu...

no. every prior US president has also worked on nuclear disarmament. Probably every Russian president as well.

Only one Nobel winner ever achieved disarmament ... and I don't think he should have gotten the award.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F_W_de_Klerk