Sentences with phrase «immigrant entrepreneurs on»

It also disqualified a number of people known as immigrant entrepreneurs on the grounds that they had not technically founded their companies.

Not exact matches

To find those traits, we polled a sampling of successful female founders at the event, from Wurwand to an 11 - year - old lemonade entrepreneur who snagged a sweet offer on Shark Tank and an El Salvadoran - immigrant - turned - millionaire - waste management mogul who «turns trash into treasure.»

The seminal research on immigrants and diversity in Silicon Valley was conducted by University of California - Berkeley professor AnnaLee Saxenian, who published a paper titled «Silicon Valley's New Immigrant Entrepreneurs» in 1999.

Amid reports of the damage brain drain inflicts on the economy, Senators John Kerry, Democrat of Massachusetts, and Richard Lugar, Republican of Indiana, Wednesday introduced the Start - up Visa Act, which would open up the U.S. to immigrant entrepreneurs.

Forbes reports on fascinating research from demographer Wendell Cox and researcher Erika Ozuna that shows where both immigrant and minority entrepreneurs thrive — and where they do not.

It's fitting that the week after the generation's greatest entrepreneur died, business leaders and academics descended on Washington to make the case for relaxing the policies that are cutting the country's richest vein of entrepreneurial talent: skilled immigrants.

But, she pointed out, most immigrant entrepreneurs — Google's co-founder, Sergey Brin, included — come in on other visas.

«Because [that research] concentrates on the region of the United States in which high - tech immigrant entrepreneurs are most likely to be found, one can not generalize easily from it» to the rest of the country, Hart and Acs write in a paper titled «High - Technology Immigrant Entrepreneurship in the U.S.,» which is forthcoming in Economic Development Qimmigrant entrepreneurs are most likely to be found, one can not generalize easily from it» to the rest of the country, Hart and Acs write in a paper titled «High - Technology Immigrant Entrepreneurship in the U.S.,» which is forthcoming in Economic Development QImmigrant Entrepreneurship in the U.S.,» which is forthcoming in Economic Development Quarterly.

«New immigrants who aren't used to having credit cards tend to use it only for emergencies,» says Nick Noorani, a Vancouver - based immigrant entrepreneur who gives workshops on the secrets of immigrant success in Canada.

Gavica Perez regularly provides legal counsel to entrepreneurs and high - net - worth individuals regarding investment - based immigration, including the EB - 5 Immigrant Investor Program, and she advises clients on the full range of immigrant visas, labor certifications, and U.S. citizenshipImmigrant Investor Program, and she advises clients on the full range of immigrant visas, labor certifications, and U.S. citizenshipimmigrant visas, labor certifications, and U.S. citizenship matters.

Henry J. Chang's Canada - US Immigration Blog Citizenship and Immigration Canada Announces Start - up Visa Program On January 24, 2013, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Citizen Jason Kenney (the «Immigration Minister») announced that Citizenship and Immigration Canada («CIC») would launch a Start - Up Visa Program to recruit innovative immigrant entrepreneurs who will create new jobs and spur economic growth.