When we start talking about visa's etc it opens up a huge bag of worms. Are we after just coders ? or Entrepreneurs (E's for short)?
I think we are after Entrepreneurs( are we or is it just coders?). So if we are trying to attract E's then lets look at why would they come ? Do we have a situation today where there are lines of experienced tech E's knocking on the door and we are saying no, or are we talking about a situation where anyone that has run a fish and chip shop can call themselves an E? or are we only after high tech E's ? This is an important questions. I have seen situations with some of my wife's family where under the older self immigration system in Oz (where you could immigrate as an experienced businessman - I don't know if it still exists) very experienced people hitting a culture wall. simple things, but they are important - say how you network, or just trying to do your old business the way you used to do it. Those immigrates that do take this route are made of tough stuff, but ... it often can take many years to get a return - ie. they have to learn how to succeed Here. This is not always the case i know , but it can be (again, i am talking about people straight off the boat, no previous experience with Oz culture and lifestyle etc). If we look at the relationship with USA and say India - how big a role did years of living and working in a US company or education institute contribute to many of the success stories ie. the merging of cultures and ideas. How much then has the success of india been due to returning immigrants bringing back a different way PLUS a set of contacts in the USA (effectively using their indian network and their usa networks to build a business). How much of this ability to unit 2 different networks helps say Israel ? (ie.working with family in NY say to get started ?) What are we trying to achieve here - isn't it a patch (to use a tech term) to our own culture to help kick start an E culture ? In short - I think a lot of the value comes from the ability to unit 2 or more networks of people and/or cultures to deliver value, looking at people off the boat isn't going to deliver that value without a few years of learning. So instead do we start working with current immigrants (students or long term work visas) and accessing their ability to change to an E visa (they have at least in part tackled the cross culture issues) or maybe it is US that need a reverse Visa - WE go to india or asia or Israel and learn how they do business , and merge their ideas with ours (they are after all our neighbours ?) and bring that back. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Guidelines on discussion: http://tr.im/ujKF No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself: http://tr.im/ujMm To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
