How immigrant entrepreneurs streamline green card applications with technology
As children, Yasaman Soroori and Tania Cruz witnessed the challenges that their parents faced when they moved to the U.S., with legal fees being the primary hurdle. Years later, this common experience...
View ArticleWhy you shouldn’t expect anyone to sign your NDA
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had a startup push an NDA in my face. I get it – most startup founders are protective of their ideas. They believe that their unique invention or revolutionary...
View ArticleWhat’s up with the ten immigrant-led unicorns 500 Global invested in?
San-Francisco based venture firm 500 Global boasts a list of unicorns, those startups with a valuation of at least $1 billion, including ten launched by foreign-born entrepreneurs. Some founders,...
View ArticleNews flash: Your startup’s investor pool just got way bigger
All startup founders know that getting investment is a difficult process, and it’s even harder for immigrant entrepreneurs. One of the reasons is the legal requirement that limits the pool of...
View ArticleUsing this strategy, Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos became tech moguls
A show called “Silicon Valley“, a brilliant parody of American startup culture, is much more true to life than most realize would believe. I’ve personally lived through many of the “fictional”...
View ArticleThe scamming pandemic: How not to get screwed as a startup
Falling victim to a scam is not uncommon for startups and their founders. Throughout my career I’ve seen all sorts of scams, from fake media outlet representatives whom you have to pay to publish an...
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Why is AI dominated by immigrant entrepreneurs?
Like many other immigrant entrepreneurs, Archer Chiang, who is the founder of a corporate gifting platform, sought to solve his own problems. While studying as an international student in the U.S., he...
View ArticleLessons from WeWork: When real estate pretends to be a tech startup
Although I generally like to talk about how great disruption is in the innovation world, WeWork serves as a great lesson to founders that some business models are still very traditional and can be...
View ArticleSAFE for VCs, not so safe for startups
This year, the Silicon Valley-invented investment instrument, “Simple Agreement for Future Equity”, or the “SAFE” note, passed its 10 year anniversary. This investment instrument has become extremely...
View ArticleSurviving the 2024 AI Hype Cycle
We have all seen it countless times before: a hot new technology captures the tech world’s imagination and a handful of companies succeed in the gold rush. But thousands crash hard when the industry –...
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