Why the Next Steve Jobs Will be Asian

Anyone else find it weird that the illustration for this article is a group of Asian-American high school students at NYC's Hunter College (which is, despite its name, a high school, not a university)? If those kids are going to HS in the US, they're probably either US citizens (as the name "Asian-American" implies) or have permanent residency, and aren't subject to the constraints on starting a business here that are the focus of the article.

But, whatever, we need a picture for this article, let's just find one of a bunch of yellow kids, right? They're all the same.

I think Bezos is in Steve Job's league. Not so much in terms of design awareness of devices, but in terms of design awareness of markets and information ecosystems. Amazon has had disruptive success after success in establishing themselves as the middleman. Clearly, this is not an accident.

Great quote from Steve Case: "We attract the world's most talented young people here, give them a world class education and then send them home to compete against us," he told Inc.com. "It makes no sense."

It won't happen. Asian cultures are too deferential to authority.

The focus of the article is entrepreneurship and its impact on job creation. Steve Jobs was definitely an entrepreneur but is more associated with perfection and attention to detail for his products and marketing them with great showmanship which is why the title seems misleading to me.

Then there is the rather bizzare relation about Steve's biological father being an immigrant which is kind of contradictory. His growing up in an atmosphere with his foster family would definitely have contributed to his subsequent development to who he was. To put is simply, it's just not immigrants themselves, but the atmosphere around them which contributes to the success.

It will not happen. At the least not in India. The biggest obstacle in the US would be getting a Visa. In India the biggest obstacle would be the amount of money that goes into the pockets of corrupt officials. Sure, you can easily build a small consultancy or web startup in India, but if you're thinking of building factories/getting into manufacturing, you sure as hell will be spending a lot on 'butterring' your way through the system.

And this I think is a big advantage for the US, because if the US can do something about the Visa issues quickly I am pretty sure a majority of Indians would opt to startup in the US rather than return to India.

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I am Indian-American. First generation. My family is from Gujurat, India. I will not be the next Steve Jobs. I am the first Amar Patel. I am 21 years old and I know down to every atom and cell why I was born and how I can serve this world. I am proud to be a Hindu and an American, both are based on the same ideal of UNIVERSAL FREEDOM.

None of the article provides an argument for their headline. It's just bait for a standard high skill immigration reform op-ed.

If "the next Steve Jobs is Asian", the reason will almost certainly be that Asia has approximately 3.9 billion people and is developing quickly. That's a lot of lottery tickets.

Or more accurately: Why an Asian Steve Jobs probably wouldn't start Apple in the US.

Both illegal immigration and skilled immigration problems will be gone eventually with no action if the opportunities are no longer better here. Do the majority of Americans really want that?

Do most Asian cultures create the environment for innovators and disruptors to succeed?

If not, are US cultural values being imparted too?