Iranian-born Omid Kordestani was Google's 12th employee and he is one of the key executives who has turned the firm in to one of the world's most successful companies. I just read an interesting article about Kordestani where he credits his immigrant background for much of his success and urges America's young people to adapt an immigrant mindset:
“To keep an edge, I must think and act like an immigrant.
There is a special optimism and drive that I benefited from and continue to rely on that I want all of you to find.
Immigrants are inherently dreamers and fighters”
We're an immigrant country and its those immigrant roots that give us a competitive edge.
Alas the current policies clips the wings just when an immigrant thinks he is ready to fly!
Wish there was study on how many ideas were lost without realising
Posted by: rasdsd | July 08, 2009 at 08:19 AM