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Re:Study: Immigrants Founded 51% of U.S. Billion-Dollar Star... by someguydave on Thursday March 17, 2016 @10:56PM (#11309555)
>but what they don't realize is that it's pretty much impossible to tell in advance who's going to be a winning lottery ticket.

Agreed, it's difficult to tell in advance. One way of skewing the odds in favor of the US is to just sell visas to the highest bidder.

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Re:Study: Immigrants Founded 51% of U.S. Billion-Dollar Star... by hodgesrm on Friday March 18, 2016 @04:22AM (#11310540)
How does that help get people like Andy Grove (from Intel)? As I recall he was penniless when he made it to the US in the 1950s.
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Re:Study: Immigrants Founded 51% of U.S. Billion-Dollar Star... by someguydave on Monday March 21, 2016 @11:44PM (#11334293)
Maybe if he were enterprising he could secure a loan for the visa?
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