> How it works in general is that the business visionary has a close relationship with one bank, and the ability to sponsor a lot of friends and family in the o

> How it works in general is that the business visionary has a close relationship with one bank, and the ability to sponsor a lot of friends and family in the old country. in both this article about donut shops and the article about Bay Area motels, the "business visionary" grants personal loans to other immigrants who were already settled in the U.S. to bootstrap their own _separate_ businesses.