Category Archives: International
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Free the H-1Bs, Free the Economy – Vivek Wadhwa/August 2009
I just found this troublesome article [in TechCrunch] by Vivek Wadhwa, who in other articles frequently points out to us that our immigrants, the ones who come here, get incredible degrees, found companies, develop patents, are now going home, back … Continue reading
Jack Welsh’s “Lebensweisheit” : The 10 Leadership Principles
Image by Getty Images via Daylife I read an interesting, short article that Peter Isackson wrote for the Intercultural Insights Group, he brought up the simple yet profound leadership principles that Jack Welsh developed in his time as CEO at … Continue reading
Even though we need foreign-born professionals here in the US, the H-1B visa hounds are after them again.
Image via Wikipedia As Vivek Wadhwa said in Business Week, “For the third year running, Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) have taken aim at immigrant labor.” It seems that both of these senators want to “reduce the … Continue reading
Is Silicon Valley Experiencing a Brain Drain?
Image via Wikipedia For all the people who have been complaining…fearing… that foreigners take away jobs from Americans, you don’t have to worry this year and who knows about the years to come. According to Daya Baran, this year, 2009, … Continue reading
Is the US making a mistake limiting H-1B visas?
Image by Pesky Library via Flickr The New York Times is currently featuring a series on skilled foreign-born workers and their limited access to H-1B visas. The Times raises the question whether these highly skilled foreign-born workers plus foreign students … Continue reading
Loic le Meur (seesmic), Dominique Piotet (l’Atelier), Soujanya Bumkhar (cooliris), Hubert Nguyen & Eliane Fiolet (Ubergizmo)
On March 25th we had a funny, inspiring event at Cooley Godward in Palo Alto with a cool panel of entrepreneurs who are making their mark on Silicon Valley and the rest of the world. We are waiting for the … Continue reading
Credit Crisis in Visual Form
“The Crisis of Credit Visualized.” The presentation was created by Jonathan Jarvis, a designer and graduate student from Los Angles which I saw on Garr Reynold’s blog, Presentation Zen The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo. Related … Continue reading