Nearly half of all Fortune 500 companies were founded by an immigrant or the child of an immigrant according to the Center for American Entrepreneurship.  And yet, there is no visa for entrepreneurs.  In fact, being an entrepreneur can make obtaining a visa more difficult due to immigration limitations on self-employment.  Join our conversation with Cornell Tech's Fernando Gomez-Baquero as he discusses how he personally overcame these immigration challenges, and is now working with the Cornell Tech Runway Program to help other entrepreneurs overcome these challenges.

If you would like to know more about immigration and entrepreneurship, David and Miller Mayer have put out a number of resources:

Webinar: 

Idea to IPO 

Articles: 

Extraordinary Entrepreneurs Require Extraordinary Evidence: A Review of Recent Non-Precedent EB-1A AAO Decisions Under the Trump Administration

Presumptions and Entrepreneurs: A Review of Recent BALCA Decisions for Entrepreneurs

Unclearly Executive or Managerial: A Review of Recent Nonprecedent EB-1C AAO Decisions

Entrepreneurship in the National Interest: A Review of AAO National Interest Waiver Decisions under Matter of Dhanasar

Innovative Visa Options for Immigrant Entrepreneurs – ‘‘If You Want Something New, You Have to Stop Doing Something Old’’

You can also learn more about immigration and entrepreneurs at the U.S. Alliance for International Entrepreneurs.