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In 1968, my dad landed in Wisconsin with $1,000 borrowed from his uncle and a full scholarship to Marquette University for his Masters in Mechanical Engineering.
That was the whole plan. Borrow the money. Show up. Figure it out.
In 1972, he had an arranged marriage to my mom, and she joined him in Wisconsin — two strangers building a life together in a place neither of them had ever seen. (Pictured below: the day he became a U.S. citizen.)
They moved to Iowa for John Deere. My sister and I were born there. And on the side, they started their own business — one I got to watch grow from a front-row seat.
That business is the reason I became a founder. Five times over.
Today I get to back founders for a living at @EniacVC. My wife spends hers fighting for millions of women and girls through @MomsFirstUS and @GirlsWhoCode.
None of that happens without $1,000, a scholarship, and two people willing to bet on a strange land.
250 years in, the American Dream isn't a nostalgia trip. It's still the operating system for people like my parents, and millions of families just like them.
Thank you, and happy 250th birthday, America. 🇺🇸❤️
That was the whole plan. Borrow the money. Show up. Figure it out.
In 1972, he had an arranged marriage to my mom, and she joined him in Wisconsin — two strangers building a life together in a place neither of them had ever seen. (Pictured below: the day he became a U.S. citizen.)
They moved to Iowa for John Deere. My sister and I were born there. And on the side, they started their own business — one I got to watch grow from a front-row seat.
That business is the reason I became a founder. Five times over.
Today I get to back founders for a living at @EniacVC. My wife spends hers fighting for millions of women and girls through @MomsFirstUS and @GirlsWhoCode.
None of that happens without $1,000, a scholarship, and two people willing to bet on a strange land.
250 years in, the American Dream isn't a nostalgia trip. It's still the operating system for people like my parents, and millions of families just like them.
Thank you, and happy 250th birthday, America. 🇺🇸❤️
