Immigrant Perspectives: The American Dream

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Name	Type of Business	Definition of the American Dream	Advice for Fellow Immigrants	Example of Growth Mindset
Valentina Vittols	Angel Investor, Finance	More about freedom than anything else	Work hard, set goals, strive for success, and use resources	She faced initial challenges but used resources to succeed effectively.
Francis Bello	Business	Opportunity	Trust the community—many people are willing to help	He put in extra effort and sought out opportunities to grow.
Duong	Co-founder/CTO, Flexe Business	American Dream is opportunity	Study hard, work hard	He worked hard and actively searched for success opportunities.
Manny Medina	CEO, Outreach	You can be whoever you want to be	Believe in your potential	Believed he could shape his future and become who he wanted to be.
Satoshi Nakajima	Chairman, Xevo; Lead Architect, Design	Dream for those who are willing to succeed and deserve it	If you have talent, ideas, or passion, bring them to the U.S.	Believed in his ability and passion, and followed through to success.
Elena Tarassova	Founder/CEO, Vioure	A place where she could be herself (especially as a queer person)	Be yourself	Left Russia where she couldn’t be herself, but strived to succeed professionally in the U.S.

Immigrant Perspectives: The American Dream