lawmaker good, senior editor at the verge and kate mitchell, skill venture co-founder and partner. lauren, what's interesting about what oneweb's mission is, it's also something being tackled by facebook and google and i wonder whether they'll be poaching from other companies versus just bring nug peoping new people in workforce. >> it's hard to say at this point. we know during the election and the campaign season president-elect trump did, you know, express pretty strong views around immigration, but that was specific to illegal immigration, and it's unclear at this point what exactly this will all mean for high-skilled workers, high-skilled immigrant who is come in with proper work visas. we know for silicon valley, immigration is a huge issue, an important issue in the sense that according to some reports, you know, 43% of silicon valley companies founded in the past seven years have been founded or co-found by an immigrant, so it's vital for these companies to sort of retain the same kind of workforce that has powered silicon valley in recent years. >> we just heard the chief

but venture capitalist kate mitchell says next year's market conditions will bode well for the tech ipo pipeline. >> public companies, private companies ready to go. there will be a question of whether or not that's at or above their last private valuation. in terms of public market demand, it should be strong. >> reporter: they're also anticipating a busier 2017 for tech ipos. a mosaic rating system came up with the five strongest ipo candidates next year. they include mail delivery startup blue apron, enterprise software company vora, and education technology platform plura site. airbnb and pinterest could be looking at to tap the public market soon. the co-founder of uber, the world's most highly valued startup, has previously said he wanted to wait as long as possible to go public. but mitchell says, don't be surprised if that happens sooner than some think. >> mark zuckerberg said he didn't know why he waited so long, it actually allowed him to do a lot more with his currency post-ipo than he was even able to do pre-ipo. i hear that and don't quite get that. >> reporter: the hottes