What is Depleting America of the Diversity, Nuances and Strength That Made It Great?

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According to the Kauffman Foundation, immigrants are twice as likely to start businesses in the United States than American-born citizens.

However, because the Department of Homeland Security is rescinding the Obama Administration’s International Entrepreneur Rule, which allowed foreign-born entrepreneurs to stay in the US for up to five years to expand their businesses, immigrant entrepreneurship is declining. 

Not only does this hurt aspiring immigrant and international business owners everywhere, it decreases the creation of thousands of jobs, and depletes America of the diversity, nuances, and strength that made it great.

Read more about how founder are making Silicon Valley borderless for immigrant and international entrepreneurs.

Good quote:  "The companies that really want to have a global impact need to understand cultural differences."

Wake Up World: Going Global Has Come Into Vogue

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There is a new breed of small business that is both borderless and able to meet specific cultural needs, one that is cheaper to run but stays open longer.  No surprises there.  But here's the twist.

In developed economies, more and more employees are taking up remote employment, linked to their employers by video conference. If you count yourself among that group, however, chances are you work for a small business. More than 60% of telecommuters work for companies that employ less than 100 people.

It's a trend that is working itself around the globe.

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Borderless manufacturing

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And it starts in Hong Kong, the center of the world.