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I wonder if the move against H-1Bs is good for the rest of the world. How much would Evernote be contributing to the Azerbaijan economy if Stepan hadn’t left?
by epanchin 6y ago
I wonder if the move against H-1Bs is good for the rest of the world.
How much would Evernote be contributing to the Azerbaijan economy if Stepan hadn’t left? Would London have more larger start ups?
- belltaco 6y agoDepends, some of the technologies aren't developed in those countries yet. For example, the father of the Pentium chip, Vinod Dham, came to the US on a student visa. I really doubt he would have been able to contribute similarly if not working for Intel. Some contributions need a lot of infrastructure and capital, like start of the art labs.
- harpratap 6y agoEntrepreneurs are just one side of the story, for a successful startup churning city you need to have investors with risk appetite, constant flow of talented students and workers accepting of new ideologies and be far away from financial hubs. The last point is important because finance companies usually attract the top students and employees because of their fat salaries, which leave novel tech too little to work with. This is why cities like NY, London, Tokyo will never as successful as SF when it comes to tech.