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I think there is a large truth here, in that Americans have the entrepreneurial spirit in their blood and in their culture. Most of our ancestors were highly di
by jquery 15y ago
I think there is a large truth here, in that Americans have the entrepreneurial spirit in their blood and in their culture. Most of our ancestors were highly dissatisfied with the status quo, to the point where they were willing to travel thousands of miles to a faraway land, back when that was a much bigger deal than it is today.
But I think this is another discussion entirely.
- FrojoS 15y agoReally? I think its spot on. This trend continues to today. As PG has pointed out in his advocacy for a founder visa [1], about half of vc-backed company founders are immigrants [2]. [1] http://www.paulgraham.com/foundervisa.html http://www.paulgraham.com/foundervisa.html [2] http://venturebeat.com/2006/11/15/note-to-washington-about-half-of-vc-backed-company-founders-are-immigrants/ http://venturebeat.com/2006/11/15/note-to-washington-about-h...
- mephju 15y agoEven the descendants of ADD immigrants are more likely to have ADD themselves. There is a 30% chance for children to get ADD when 1 parent has got it and 50% chance when both parents have it. Therefore percentage of people having ADD should be much higher in America than anywhere else.