They Made It! Interviews with international leaders from Silicon Valley

Succeeding in Silicon Valley: Foreign-born entrepreneurs share their stories about making it!Eric Benhamou, the former CEO of 3Com, Andy Bechtolsheim, Co-Founder of Sun Microsystems, Wu Fu Chen, serial entrepreneur and founder of Cascade Communications, Raj Singh, whose Fiberlande Communications was later sold to Cisco and Redback for $12B in 1999, Jean-Louis Gassee, former President of [...]

They Made It! – in French on YouTube

This is a first in trying to explain the “recipes for success” from my book, and it is in French. It is uphill from here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oei-cUVz2-w

Foreign – born workforce necessary when Baby Boomers retire

I recently came across this reprinted article from Forbes magazine (2007) that Paul Heller commented on his blog. As he is an immigration attorney, he seems to understand the necessity (and maybe the urgency) of our attracting and keeping these motivated foreign-born entrepreneurs. As an executive commented to me yesterday, when the Baby Boomers retire, [...]

Passion for High Tech pays off in Silicon Valley

I live and work in the Silicon Valley and have published a book written and researched through tremendous luck and with passion – They Made It!. I interviewed great leaders of the Valley who were born overseas and who came here and made it. I also talked to American leaders here who work with and [...]