This is a list of all the mentorship, books and resources recommended by immigrant entrepreneurs.
Mentorship/networking opportunities
I am not affiliated with any of these mentorship groups. This is a helpful list to find all the resources mentioned on my podcast by all the amazing immigrant entrepreneurs.
- FREE mentoship: SCORE
- FREE mentorship program for Boulder CO: SAGE
- TechStars: StartUpWeekend
- FREE Meetups for all markets, niches, and groups.
- Zappos (the shoe company) has an amazing bootcamp for all entrepreneurs:Zappo’s Bootcamp
- Young President’s Organization (YPO)
- Train the Trainer / Jack Canfield
- If you want to learn how to speed read: Photo Reading Class
- Business coaching: Dan Sullivan’s Coaching
- 1O.1O.1O invites 1O successful serial entrepreneurs from across the United States (“prospective CEOs”) to spend 1O days together tackling 1O wicked problems.
- The Indus Entrepreneurs (TIE) : was founded in 1992 in Silicon Valley by a group of successful entrepreneurs, corporate executives, and senior professionals with roots in the Indus region.
- Endeavor.org
- Sean Murphy : Bootstrappers Breakfast
- Consultants’ Network of Silicon Valley
- BIO 2 Device: Membership is free and open to anyone in the Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, Medical Device, Diagnostics, Healthcare, Life Science Tools, and Laboratory Service industries.
- Prospera provides a business model that was created by Hispanic entrepreneurs, for Hispanic entrepreneurs, and has proven to be effective since 1991.
- The Women’s Business Resource Center (WBRC) supports minority and women-owned businesses as a pathway to secure economic parity for African Americans and other underserved populations.
- Good Network serves women and minorities who have an entrepreneurial mindset, a developed concept, and aspire to grow.
- Hispanic Chamber of Commerce: non-profit organization that’s committed to create and facilitate a business climate within the Hispanic community which will result in economic development and progress for Louisiana. Included within its focus is a dedication to the expansion of trade relations between the State of Louisiana and Latin America.
- Business Network International: Members are supported by a global team that provides training, structure and the technology needed for success.
- Team National
- National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI)
- Resources for immigrant entrepreneurs: Startup Clinic
- Fundera – small business loan options
- Immigrants Rising Entrepreneurship Fund – provides grants to undocumented entrepreneurs working to create positive social change
- American Society of Civil Engineer – The American Society of Civil Engineers represents more than 150,000 members of the civil engineering profession in 177 countries. Founded in 1852, ASCE is the nation’s oldest engineering society.
Backing exceptional immigrant founders: OneWay Ventures
Books recommended
- Think and Grow Rich: The Landmark Bestseller Now Revised and Updated for the 21st Century
- The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America’s Wealthy
- Andrey’s Sokurec (Immigrant Entrepreneur) book: Total Financial Awakening
- Cashflow Quadrant by Robert Kiyosaki
- The Success Principles by Jack Canfield
- Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive by Harvey Mackay
- The Wright Brothers Book by David McCullough
- The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Claso
- The Millionaire Mind by Thomas J. Stanley Ph.D.
- The Behavior Gap by Carl Richards
- You Are Not Them by Sid Mohasseb
- Immigrant Hustle by Amine Rahal
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