Vivek Wadhwa

Recent Articles by Vivek Wadhwa

January 2, 2012

Fix U.S. Immigration Policy, Create Jobs

The U.S. loses a critical component of job creation when immigration policy does not allow highly educated foreigners to stay and foster startups

August 25, 2011

How Software is Harming Science, Engineering

Despite the popularity of social networks, the world really needs more computer science—not software, Vivek Wadhwa argues

June 21, 2011

The $32,000 Startup

After graduating from Harvard Law School in 1999, David Park founded discussion forum service Coolboard.com. It took more than a dozen software developers, product ...

November 16, 2009

The Making of a Successful Entrepreneur: Factors That Lead to Success

A new study examines the factors that entrepreneurs running high-growth companies say are instrumental to their success

November 12, 2009

Why Global Entrepreneurship Week Matters

Adam Farrell founded a solar technology business when he was just 15 years old. His entrepreneurial career started in ninth grade while working on a science project ...

September 20, 2009

Turning Research into Inventions and Jobs

A recent BusinessWeek article called for the investment of billions of dollars more in "basic research" to create millions of new jobs. It's hard to argue against the ...

September 15, 2009

Is Miss Nebraska an Entrepreneur?

When Sue Drakeford became the first African-American to represent Nebraska at the Miss USA Pageant in 2001, she saw a great business opportunity. She would start a ...

September 3, 2009

Why China's Chip Industry Won't Catch America's

In the 1980s, the U.S. was consumed with fear that Japan would become the preeminent power in manufacturing and technology. Those fears never came to pass. Today the ...

August 25, 2009

Call-Center Jobs That Pay $100K a Year

In a column a few weeks ago, I wrote about "smallsourcing" and how U.S. workers are competing for jobs that small companies haven't chosen to outsource. Some of these ...

August 17, 2009

Why Be an Ethical Company? They're Stronger and Last Longer

With everyone still buzzing about the outrageous bonuses Wall Street continues to pay, it seems like now might be a good time to write a column about ethics. No, I ...