Stop pretending there's anything wrong with businesspeople hiring diligent laborers who will work for less. Let employers sponsor any worker and argue for why that worker should be given citizenship. Such a vetting mechanism would naturally promote the best and hardest-working. Jose Ferreira arguebusinesspersoncitizenship share on social
Venture capital today is clustered in just a few locations - Silicon Valley, New York, Boston, and D.C. It's far from efficiently distributed and accessible. Jose Ferreira accessiblebostoncapital Change image and share on social
Education is among the most important problems we face because it's the ultimate 'gateway' problem. That is, it drives virtually every global problem that we face as a species. But there's a flip-side: if we can fix education, then we'll dramatically improve the other problems, too. Jose Ferreira dramaticallydriveeducation share on social
If the penalty for hiring illegals is just a fine, it becomes a business decision. But if the penalty is jail time, illegal immigration will come to a screeching halt. Jose Ferreira businessdecisionfine Change image and share on social
Venture capitalists certainly create value for themselves, but they also singularly create value for the rest of the world. Jose Ferreira capitalistcreaterest Change image and share on social
No one cares how valuable your product is if its addressable market is small. The key isn't so much the number of users as it is the dollar size of the market. Jose Ferreira addressablecaredollar Change image and share on social
Google's real threat to China is not that it will leave the country. It's that it will embarrass China and damage its national reputation as a place to do business. Jose Ferreira businesschinacountry Change image and share on social
The best programmers and internet entrepreneurs are in the Bay Area. Don't kid yourself about that, not even for a second. Jose Ferreira areabayentrepreneur Change image and share on social
We get more data about people than any other data company gets about people, about anything - and it's not even close. We're looking at what you know, what you don't know, how you learn best. The big difference between us and other big data companies is that we're not ever marketing your data to a third party for any reason. Jose Ferreira bigclosecompany share on social
Big data in education has huge potential to improve learning materials. Jose Ferreira bigdatumeducation Change image and share on social