Thursday, November 16, 2006

A tip for success as a venture capital-backed entrepreneur

Filthy Lucre

It’s not listed in the article as the biggest determinant of success, but it seems to play a large part, and it’s a concise, if not particularly easy-to-follow suggestion:

Be an immigrant

The article’s actual title is “Immigrants Have Founded 1 in 4 Public Venture-Backed Companies in the U.S. Since 1990”, but mine’s shorter, pithier, and more memorable.

I guess that means that unless the Democrats are successful at undoing the pretend-planning that’s been done on the southern border fence, we’re going to see a dearth of new venture-backed startups.

And yes, that’s called “leaping to a possibly unintended conclusion”.


Posted by Patton on 11/16/06 at 02:55 AM
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