I agree that it's a common perception, but the data in silicon valley does seem to disprove it. https://venturebeat.com/2012/10/15/how-indians-defied-gravity-a

I agree that it's a common perception, but the data in silicon valley does seem to disprove it. https://venturebeat.com/2012/10/15/how-indians-defied-gravity-and-achieved-success-in-silicon-valley/ https://venturebeat.com/2012/10/15/how-indians-defied-gravit... "Twenty five percent of the nation’s startups and 52% of those in Silicon Valley were founded by immigrants. Indian immigrants were the leading company founding group. They founded 13.4% of Silicon Valley’s startups and 6.5% of those nationwide." Regardless of cultural differences, I recall reading that immigrants as a whole are far more entrepreneurial than similarly positioned natives. A lot of this is through self-selection: saying goodbye to all your friends and moving to a whole other country/continent is extremely "scary". Hence by definition, the average immigrant is far more comfortable heading off into the unknown and taking the plunge.