Writing
Notes from the border of building.
Essays, research dives and community dispatches — published on Substack, collected here.
Latest essays
May 1, 2026
The biggest Immigration Hackathon in NYC yet!
Our previous immigration hackathon was such a success that we're doing it again... but bigger!
April 10, 2026
The Floppy Disk is a Fridge 💾
Dr. Ax Ali on how Humans use technology and join us for a day of building your product on April 17th
March 2, 2026
Content in the Age of AI - Reflections from Reaching 70+ Episode on Foreign Founders
Community Highlights
August 7, 2025
Immigrants Who’ve Built Powerful, Connected Communities
Compiling Notes from 70+ episodes of Foreign Founders
April 25, 2025
Mastering Your Financials Before You Fundraise
The Ultimate Guide to Fundraising and Event w/ Co-Founder of Venmo at New York Tech Week 2025
February 23, 2025
Immigration Hackathon in NYC
At the start of the year, I shared our focus for Foreign Founders this year:
January 21, 2025
Happy MLK Day! U.S. Inauguration Thoughts and Announcing the Hackathon
"Remember that all of us...
January 2, 2025
More Immigrant and First-Gen stories in 2025
Thank you for an incredible 2024, here's to having the best year yet!
July 12, 2024
Launching the On-Demand Revolution
Bastian Lehmann of Postmates, Foreign Founders events
April 26, 2024
Truth about Immigration
Immigrants are responsible for what percent of U.S. patents?
March 6, 2024
$3 Billion Real Estate Giant That You May Not Know
Kevork Hovnanian: From Refugee to Real Estate Titan
February 7, 2024
#24 Pallavi Pande, Founder of DTOCS
Pallavi Pande is a passionate Mompreneur from Portland, Oregon, and the heart behind DTOCS.
January 25, 2024
#23 Atal Agarwal, Founder of Immigrant First AI
There’s a lot of ways to describe, Atal Agarwal, Founder and CEO of Immigrant First AI.
January 19, 2024
#22 Eric Melchor, Founder of Innovators Can Laugh
We’re starting of 2024 with a list of incredible guests.
December 27, 2023
#21 Lior Klisman, Co-Founder of Sentant
Before we get into the episode, I wanted to thank every one of the Foreign Founders community for an incredible 2023!
December 13, 2023
#20 Tania Kottoor, Founder of WEST X EAST
Tania Kottoor saw her friend struggle to find an Indian wedding dress for her special day, and realized that the existing way of getting cultural clothing from India was broken.
December 6, 2023
#19 Regina Trillo, Founder of Nemi Snacks
My guest on the episode is Regina Trillo, founder of Nemi Snacks.
November 8, 2023
#18 Ray Berry, Founder of DSLX
In 2020, like many others, Ray found that he needed to rely on alternative sources of income to make ends meet.
October 18, 2023
#17 Denys Gurak, Co-Founder of A.D.A.M
When I think of an archaic medical procedure, I think of an invasive and incredibly painful procedure with replacement parts that are not the most natural fit.
October 6, 2023
Diversity Visa 2025 PSA
The Diversity Visa Program, better known as the Green Card lottery or the Visa lottery, has officially opened as of October 4th for the fiscal year 2025.