(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/121119-myanmar-crowds.photoblog600.jpg)Nicolas Asfouri / AFP - Getty ImagesSupporters of President Barack Obama and Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi line the road outside Yangon University and wave after a convoy carrying Obama and Suu Kyi pass on Monday. By Ian Williams, NBC NewsYANGON, Myanmar -- Allison Morris stood in front of a crowded conference room in a downtown Yangon hotel and introduced a pair of would-be entrepreneurs called Team Optimist on Sunday, the eve of President Barack Obama's visit to Myanmar.
The team -- whichlived up to their name -- then explained how they wanted to set up a sort of employment agency to bring back to Myanmar the skilled people who have fled or been forced abroad over the last five decades of military rule and economic stagnation.
Another couple then made a pitch for a recycling business, followed by a commercial college to teach traditional dance.
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