> The returning entrepreneurs bring home what may be even more valuable than the education and credentials they earned from Yale or Stanford (although those don't hurt, either): the entrepreneurial mindset. As recently as the 1990s, says Wadhwa, failure was considered a deep disgrace for Indian and Chinese entrepreneurs and their families. But the Asians have since grown more tolerant and appreciative of their risk-takers, and the last cultural edge that American business owners once enjoyed has eroded.
> The returning entrepreneurs bring home what may be even more valuable than the education and credentials they earned from Yale or Stanford (although those don't hurt, either): the entrepreneurial mindset. As recently as the 1990s, says Wadhwa, failure was considered a deep disgrace for Indian and Chinese entrepreneurs and their families. But the Asians have since grown more tolerant and appreciative of their risk-takers, and the last cultural edge that American business owners once enjoyed has eroded.