Archive for the ‘Entrepreneurship’ Category

Review: Self Made World

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

Self Made World is a site whose mission statement I applaud. Although obviously a project in its beginning stages, it aims to provide resources for aspiring and recent immigrants and immigrant-entrepreneurs. The web-portal is structured using Wiki and so it will appear very familiar to those of us ...

Study finds that xenophobia = brain drain

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

If we continue our current immigration policies, United States will become less competitive and will no longer be viewed as a haven for innovation, success and political freedom.  In our blind efforts to “protect” jobs we will drive out those who have the entrepreneurial capacity and will end up losing ...

Investment Entrepreneurship

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

On a more informal note and more in the direction of entrepreneurship, I have been reading the Warren Buffett Way and have learned some very valuable lessons about investing. The book mostly analyzes Buffett's investment strategy which basically consists of buying good companies' stocks while they are selling for ...

Have a good idea? A well-written business plan? Find an Angel!

Monday, August 13th, 2007

As I have written about previously, immigrants have been playing a major role as entrepreneurs in the United States. From small laundry shops to multi-billion dollar companies like Google, immigrants have taken the capitalist promise of the United States very seriously. Often as I read about entrepreneurs I ...

H-1Bs and Entrepreneurship

Friday, August 10th, 2007

Here is an article I wrote for fan-law.com a while back. It's an introduction to entrepreneurship on an H-1B. ------- United States offers a very pro-entrepreneurial environment and various benefits that are available to those that start their own businesses. As an H-1b holder you are also able to take ...

Immigrants Create 450,000 Jobs in the Tech Industry

Friday, August 10th, 2007

Wake up and smell the roses America! Recent study by Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering shows that between 1995 and 2005 immigrant entrepreneurs in the technology and engineering sectors were the key founders of more than a quarter of all new companies. What does this mean for ...