E106: Aishwarya Khanduja says 'Canada doesn't have the resources for me to thrive'

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In this episode, I'm speaking to Aishwarya Khanduja, who moved from India to Canada at age 12, learned English watching Hannah Montana during her first Canadian summer, and has permanently left Canada to build her venture fund in New York.

This conversation left me with a bittersweet feel. Canada keeps losing its best and brightest to the south of the border. It sucks because we aren't just losing talent. We are losing the future.

And it's a worrying trend that seems to be accelerating by the day.

We talk a big game about immigration being a talent pipeline. But it means nothing if the immigrants end up leaving for other countries because their chances of succeeding are higher outside Canada.

As Aishwarya puts it, "Canada doesn't have the resources for me to thrive." This is what the Canadian brain drain looks like up close.

In this conversation, Aishwarya and I chat about what Canada loses when builders leave. We also explore:

* How immigration helps build anti-fragile societies

* What you need to qualify for the O-1 visa

* Why she’s all for building a life she doesn’t have to escape from

* Watching her parents sacrifice everything and start from zero

Official Links

✅ Connect with Aishwarya Khanduja on LinkedIn

✅ Follow Aishwarya Khanduja on Twitter

✅ Explore her personal blog

✅ Check out what she’s building with Analogue

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