50 Immigrant founded unicorns (of total 91)have a collective value of $248B and add an average 1200 jobs per unicorn.
A NFAP Policy Brief on this topic by the Executive Director of NFAP, Stuart Anderson ( updated report published in Forbes in Oct, 2018) was cited by Joydeep Bhattacharyya of Canaan partners in an article (written exactly two years back).
If you are looking at the US market you should consider these 5 points. They seem as relevant today as they were two years back.
1. Focus on U.S.based customers: ‘…if you’re based abroad, reach into U.S. customers first, even if through their international offices.’
2. Be smart about scaling your go-to-market operation: Build your biz dev teams and focus on expanding in the US.
3. Go remote: ‘…there are also advantages to leveraging the rest of the world for talent in other departments.’
4. Recruit outside your network – take ’proactive approach to finding people who add diversity of experience, culture, network and points of view.’
5. Network, network, network : …’Networking is one of the most powerful things to do in Silicon Valley…This is a pay-it-forward culture, so don’t be afraid to ask for help.’
Link to Joydeep’s article https://bit.ly/2N0I2vv and the NFAP research on Immigrant Founders by Stuart Anderson https://bit.ly/2GCLDyy
