mohit | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 02 2008 | india, books, fareed zakaria, silicon valley, immigration
Quoted: 6) America is still supreme in three important, possibly the most important, areas; higher education, diversity and demographics, and creativity and ideas. These three pillars are interrelated and depend entirely on each other. Lose one and you'll eventually lose them all.
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Half of all Silicon Valley startups have one founder who is an immigrant or first-generation American. America's potential new burst of productivity, ... its ability to invent the future - all rest on immigration policies.- mohit | Shared With: Everyone - Feb 15 2008 | seattle, silicon valley, michael arrington, startups, entrepreneurship
"Seattle vs. the Valley" seems to have become a hot topic lately.
Quoted: The fact is that all those great things about Seattle, or wherever, don’t have a damned thing to do with offsetting the business and cultural advantages of Silicon Valley. Making lifestyle choices is fine, but don’t delude yourself into thinking those choices are anything but a tradeoff. If staring at lakes and skiing after work are important to you, don’t pretend to be surprised when your startup doesn’t cut it.
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