Sentences with phrase «immigrant entrepreneurs who»

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.

This program seeks to recruit innovative immigrant entrepreneurs who will create new jobs and spur economic growth in Canada.

Namely, it can take a decade or more for highly trained workers or immigrant entrepreneurs who create fast - growth companies and jobs to get long - term work status and citizenship.

«New immigrants who aren't used to having credit cards tend to use it only for emergencies,» says Nick Noorani, an immigrant entrepreneur who explains the «secrets of immigration success» in Canada through workshops.

«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.

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.»

According to the study, authored by Vivek Wadhwa, an Indian - American entrepreneur and academic, who is currently vice president of academics and innovation at Singularity University, the proportion of immigrant - founded companies across the country has fallen nearly 4 % in the past seven years.

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.

That makes sense to entrepreneurs like Sankhla, who say they see their fate tied with the larger American Dream narrative of the U.S. and its immigrant culture.

«There is no category of immigrant of higher economic value than a foreign - born entrepreneur who wants to come to the United States and start their business here,» says Dearie.

In addition, Evans says, the types of people applying for microloans — typically many low income and immigrants apply — expanded to include entrepreneurs who were highly educated and recently became unemployed.

They may be small in number, but immigrants are starting businesses at a higher rate than entrepreneurs who were born in the United States.