Think like an outsider
What do the following people have in common? Levi Strauss, Henry Ford, Estee Lauder, Walt Disney, Elon Musk, Arianna Huffington, Sergey Brin, Will Shu (founder of Deliveroo) and Jan Koum (founder of WhatsApp)? They are all famous entrepreneurs who founded successful new businesses. But also, they are all immigrants or the children of immigrants.
In You Only Have To be Right Once, Randall Lane gives many examples of immigrants who have launched successful businesses.5 Pejman Nozad fled from Iran and in 1992 arrived in the US speaking no English and with only $700. He got a job in San Francisco selling expensive Persian rugs. Many of his customers were rich and successful businesspeople from Silicon Valley. He built ...
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