Study: Immigrant startup founders create 159 new jobs on average

America is a nation of immigrants. This sentence is just as true today as it was 200 years ago. There’s a long and proud history of people coming to America and making their mark, from Nikola Tesla in the 19th century, to Elon Musk and Satya Nadella today. And nowhere is the mark of the immigrant more pronounced in Silicon Valley, where opportunity and meritocracy are the rule of law, and immense value has been created by new arrivals. But how can we quantify that? Research done by FundersClub shows how important immigrants are to the American technology industry. It…
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