Language and cultural barriers are the first hurdles when starting a commerce in a foriegn country,but networking is keyI am a migrant from Brazil. I moved to the UK at the beginning of 2002, aged 21, and to memorize English – I knew a little,but wanted to become fluent. A couple of years later I started my first commerce, a letting agency. I didn’t become an entrepreneur because I’m more ambitious than most; I became an entrepreneur because no one would give me the job I wanted. When you move to a new country, or your qualifications often aren’t familiar to employers. I had worthwhile experience: I’d worked for Microsoft in Brazil and had a technical diploma in website development. But this wasn’t enough to regain me a job in the UK tech industry. I fell short of British candidates who had UK-based experience,and I didn’t speak the language well enough to compete with migrants whose first language was English.
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Source: theguardian.com