Table of Contents
Preface: My Immigrant Experience.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction: Welcome to Immigrant, Inc.
Chapter 1 A Mighty New Idea.
Chapter 2 The Mounting Evidence.
Discovering a Phenomenon.
The Accidental Entrepreneurs.
Urban Legend?
A Skill Grows Lucrative.
Mother of Invention.
The VCs' Keen Eye.
New Seeds, Fertile Soil.
Chapter 3 A Land of Opportunity, Still.
A True Model Minority.
An Idea, an Obsession.
Learning to Persevere.
Survival, Climbing, and Thriving.
Where Business Is Business.
Chapter 4 Restless Dreamers.
Seeing It First.
A 24-Hour Job.
Mexico Never Tasted So Good.
No Room for a Dream.
The Colors of Palestine.
Chapter 5 Earth's Best and Brightest.
Attracting the Striver Class.
An African Way.
The Reluctant Italian-American.
Out of Shadows, into Solar.
Love, Study, and a Start-Up.
At Home Far Away.
Chapter 6 Cowboys of a New Frontier.
A New Kind of Entrepreneur.
A Melting-Pot Dream Team.
The Super Prof.
Joining a New England Tradition .
The Guru.
New Era of Innovation.
Made in America?
Reviving the Motor City.
Spirits High, Lights Aglow.
Chapter 7 Desperate Achievers: Prequel to Google.
Starting from Nothing.
The Boat People.
An Artful Niche.
The Family of Google.
Anxious Wait for Visas.
Chapter 8 Importing Solutions.
A Gateway Re-Emerges.
Tapping the Tide.
Savvy Pilgrims, Creative Shopkeepers.
A Wave of Home Restorers.
A Boost for Everyone.
The Power of One.
Pushing Open the Door.
Toward a "Shared Prosperity".
A Harlem-Like Renaissance.
Seeds of Progress.
Chapter 9 The Stimulus We Need.
An Immigrant Advantage.
America Losing Ground.
Suffering an Antiquated System.
A Better Way.
The Change We Need—Changing Attitudes.
Chapter 10 Thinking Like an Immigrant.
The Dream-Keepers.
A Nation of Immigrants Indeed.
Keys to Success.
The Explorer.
The Knowledge Advantage.
For Pride, For Family.
The Power of Teamwork.
The Possible Dream.
Appendix.
About the Authors.
Index.
