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Those fucken rich kids. Immigrants too, who conventionally start out at the other end of the class spectrum: they are 13% of the population, yet start a quarter

Those fucken rich kids. Immigrants too, who conventionally start out at the other end of the class spectrum: they are 13% of the population, yet start a quarter of all new businesses. Of course, they come from places where subsisting on the proverbial ramen isn't a temporary insult, but a way of life. https://www.inc.com/magazine/201502/adam-bluestein/the-most-entrepreneurial-group-in-america-wasnt-born-in-america.html https://www.inc.com/magazine/201502/adam-bluestein/the-most-... I'm in Canada, and a friend and I walked into once of these sketchy looking African Immigrant bars for a beer. We sat down, we didn't get to pay for our beer, someone bought them for us. We invite the guy to sit down with us and he talks (in broken English) about how he came to Canada 5 years ago as a refugee from Somalia, started working in a tire shop, learned a bit about cars, then started buying junkers on Kijiji, fixing them up and reselling them at a profit, and how he's looking for a place to open up his own shop. He had nothing but good things to say about Canada and the opportunities it's given him and kept thanking us. It's like no, don't thank us, we're just a couple of spoiled white whiny millenials. This country was built by people like you (And my great grandparents, who also came here and made something out of nothing a long time ago).

cJ0th 9y ago
> Those fucken rich kids. Immigrants too, who conventionally start out at the other end of the class spectrum Yeah, the more general pattern seems to be that you're more likely to start a business if you're at the fringe of society one way or another. That is, you don't really fit in with the common culture.
- kamaal 9y ago
  People who have already have a lot generally worry about preserving what they have, than making say 10% more. Also if you have luxury for a while, you can get used to it. Some one coming from worse off conditions is likely to work harder.

cJ0th 9y ago

> Those fucken rich kids. Immigrants too, who conventionally start out at the other end of the class spectrum Yeah, the more general pattern seems to be that you're more likely to start a business if you're at the fringe of society one way or another. That is, you don't really fit in with the common culture.

kamaal 9y ago
People who have already have a lot generally worry about preserving what they have, than making say 10% more. Also if you have luxury for a while, you can get used to it. Some one coming from worse off conditions is likely to work harder.