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  • February 10th, 2013

    Dear Congressman Gutierrez, Please Lift Your Hold On Silicon Valley

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    Editor’s note: Vivek Wadhwa is Vice President of Innovation and Research at Singularity University, Fellow at Stanford Law School, and Director of Research at the Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization at Duke University.

    During this week’s hearing at the House Judiciary Committee on immigration, at which I was asked to testify, you made some revealing remarks. You… → Read More

    October 10th, 2009

    Chile Wants Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses, Your Tech Entrepreneurs

    Are you an immigrant who is fed up with waiting for years for a green card which you may never get? Or a tech entrepreneur looking to dramatically cut costs? I’ve got a suggestion for you. Move South. No, I don’t mean to Los Angeles or San Diego, I’m taking about way down South in Chile. They’ll welcome you with open arms and offer you incentives which will cut your burn rate more than… → Read More

    August 23rd, 2009

    Foreigners Attending US Grad Schools Way Down: Wake Up, Xenophobes

    It’s happening: Lou Dobbs’ dream come true and Silicon Valley’s worst nightmare. We’re already seeing the reverse brain drain as smart immigrants take their US educations and experience building companies and creating technology back to their home countries. But now, xenophobia and the lack of any sensible H-1B visa policy is keeping the world’s brightest minds from coming to the U.S. in… → Read More