I think on a high level we're in agreement then. All of those points you mentioned are constraints.
reply> "VC / SaaS / cloud industry is about to get hit very very hard via ... regulation"
can you explain?
Why? Well mostly due to the unpredictable behaviour of the country which seems to have the control points of most infra these days.
replyHow? Well the numerous non-US sovereign technology initiatives are going to be incentivised through regulation with local compliance being the only option going forwards.
As a non-US person I am already speaking to people at other orgs in similar space as ours who are looking at options there.