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In Virginia, a few programs are specifically designed to help immigrant entrepreneurs. The newest of these is Shrivastava Family Refugee and Immigrant Success through Entrepreneurship (RISE), which just launched at George Mason University. These programs are helping to address the structural inequalities that foreign-born entrepreneurs face and guide them through the startup process.
Virginia has terrific economic development programs, but they don’t always address the specific challenges that immigrant entrepreneurs face: language and cultural barriers, discrimination and navigating an unfamiliar market.
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