First Generation Podcast

First Generation: A Podcast featuring immigrant and first generation American entrepreneurs. Hosted by @darian314.

[First Generation Podcast @1GPod]

45% of the Fortune 500 were founded by immigrants or the children of immigrants

[Darian Shirazi @darian314]

True that

[Eren Bali @erenbali]

I send annual investor letters every year. Didn’t know what to write in the beginning, but they got better over time. This yr some investor asked to share it w other entrepreneurs, our team wanted to share w all employees. Here we made it public: https://t.co/uFEnHqDWxa

[Garry Tan @garrytan]

Thanks for having me @darian314 🙏

[Pejman Nozad @pejmannozad]

1/In Tehran I had been a well-respected sports journalist— But that didn’t carry any weight in America. So I got a job at a car wash in San Jose and I’m telling you, I was the best car washer in the entire world. I took so much pride in that job.

[First Generation Podcast @1GPod]

In 2021, *12* immigrant-founded companies were added to the Fortune 500! cc @Hasbro @moodys @Chewy

[First Generation Podcast @1GPod]

Immigrant and First Generation founded Fortune 500 companies generate $6.3T in annual revenue.

[First Generation Podcast @1GPod]

3.2MM American Immigrants run their own business.

[First Generation Podcast @1GPod]

Immigrant-founded Fortune 500 companies employ 13.7MM Americans.

[First Generation Podcast @1GPod]

Immigrants get it done.

[Callin @getcallin]

In First Generation with @darian314, Darian and @mlevchin talk about how Silicon Valley’s greatest value is “the shared hallucination that anything is possible.”

Believe in yourself ⬇️👇
https://t.co/T2NjdymfvE

[Mengxi Lu @mengxi]

First Generation from @darian314 is one of my fav podcasts. This episode with @erenbali is great. Recommend.