“It's important to begin to even consider whether countries can become something that looks very different because people tend to take their countries for granted.” PeopleLooksImportantDifferentCountryGranted Author:Juan Enriquez
“The thing that's really important to understand is, the last thing an empire traditionally does is drive itself into bankruptcy. You've seen that with the great empires.” DoeImportantLastsEmpiresBankruptcyGreat Empires Author:Juan Enriquez
“China has, all of a sudden, found a way of putting the best of the best to work to build an economy that is growing at 10% to 12% per year, and now India is following. And those changes and how quickly they've come out of this mess, how little debt they have, is really important.” WayYearsLittlesImportantFoundEconomyGrowingIndiaFollowingChinaDebtMessBest Of The Best Author:Juan Enriquez
“When I grew up, I simply didn't have mentors that said, "Science is important. Science helps you build a country. Science makes a country powerful." And that's such a simple thought, but when you think about what's powered Taiwan and Korea and Silicon Valley and Cambridge.” ThinkingSaidImportantCountryHelpingSimplePowerfulGrewGrew UpValleysMentorKoreaSiliconSilicon ValleyCambridgeTaiwanSimple Thoughts Author:Juan Enriquez
“Until African-Americans and Hispanics can get serious, not just about area studies, which are important, but also about science and technology, they're not going to generate that wealth and that job within those communities. And that has absolutely devastating consequences for the places where people live, for the jobs and for the wealth.” PeopleImportantJobsCommunityWealthTechnologyStudySeriousConsequenceAreasAfrican AmericanScience And Technology Author:Juan Enriquez
“There are certain zip codes that generate a disproportionate share of patents, of startups, of wealth, of jobs. And it's really important if other parts of the country are going to want to create these tech centers.” IfsWantImportantCountryJobsCertainWealthShareCodePatentsZips Author:Juan Enriquez
“It is important that New York, in addition to its fashion, and finance, and tourism, and communications infrastructure, also begin developing venture infrastructure that's for real.” ImportantRealFashionNew YorkCommunicationFinanceDevelopingVentureInfrastructureTourism Author:Juan Enriquez