Immigrant, Inc. (PDF)

Preface: My Immigrant Experience. Acknowledgments. Introduction: Welcome to Immigrant, Inc. Chapter 1 A Mighty New Idea. Chapter 2 The Mounting Evidence. Discovering a Phenomenon. The Accidental Entrepreneurs. Urban Legend? A Skill Grows Lucrative. Mother of Invention. The VCs' Keen Eye. New Seeds, Fertile Soil. Chapter 3 A Land of Opportunity, Still. A True Model Minority. An Idea, an Obsession. Learning to Persevere. Survival, Climbing, and Thriving. Where Business Is Business. Chapter 4 Restless Dreamers. Seeing It First. A 24-Hour Job. Mexico Never Tasted So Good. No Room for a Dream. The Colors of Palestine. Chapter 5 Earth's Best and Brightest. Attracting the Striver Class. An African Way. The Reluctant Italian-American. Out of Shadows, into Solar. Love, Study, and a Start-Up. At Home Far Away. Chapter 6 Cowboys of a New Frontier. A New Kind of Entrepreneur. A Melting-Pot Dream Team. The Super Prof. Joining a New England Tradition . The Guru. New Era of Innovation. Made in America? Reviving the Motor City. Spirits High, Lights Aglow. Chapter 7 Desperate Achievers: Prequel to Google. Starting from Nothing. The Boat People. An Artful Niche. The Family of Google. Anxious Wait for Visas. Chapter 8 Importing Solutions. A Gateway Re-Emerges. Tapping the Tide. Savvy Pilgrims, Creative Shopkeepers. A Wave of Home Restorers. A Boost for Everyone. The Power of One. Pushing Open the Door. Toward a "Shared Prosperity". A Harlem-Like Renaissance. Seeds of Progress. Chapter 9 The Stimulus We Need. An Immigrant Advantage. America Losing Ground. Suffering an Antiquated System. A Better Way. The Change We Need--Changing Attitudes. Chapter 10 Thinking Like an Immigrant. The Dream-Keepers. A Nation of Immigrants Indeed. Keys to Success. The Explorer. The Knowledge Advantage. For Pride, For Family. The Power of Teamwork. The Possible Dream. Appendix. About the Authors. Index.

Richard T. Herman is the founder of Richard T. Herman &
Associates, an immigration and business law firm in Cleveland,
Ohio, which serves a global clientele in over ten languages. He is
the co-founder of a chapter of TiE, a global network of
entrepreneurs started in 1992 in Silicon Valley. He has appeared on
ABC's 20/20, National Public Radio, Fox News, and various
affiliates of NBC, CBS, and ABC. He has also been quoted in such
publications as USA Today, InformationWeek, PC
World, Computerworld, CIO, Site Selection,
and National Lawyers Weekly.

Robert L. Smith is a veteran journalist who covers
international cultures and immigration for The Plain Dealer,
Ohio's largest newspaper. He has written extensively about
immigration issues and has interviewed people at all points of the
immigrant experience, from undocumented field workers to
millionaire entrepreneurs.

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