“In addition to all of the humanitarian reasons to welcome refugees, it is dangerous to discourage immigration when the facts show that immigrant entrepreneurs play a significant role in the American economy.”
NEW YORK– Monday January 30, 2017. Tech:NYC today sent a letter to President Trump from more than 400 leaders of technology companies and investors in New York detailing the long-term damage his Executive Order on immigration could have on the United States economy. The letter, which is included below, can also be found at TechNYC.org/TrumpEO, where it will be updated as more names are added.
Tech:NYC’s Executive Director, Julie Samuels, also authored a blog post about why so many in New York’s tech community were compelled to write the President.
Tech:NYC represents the city’s fast-growing, entrepreneurial high-tech industry with government, civic institutions, in business and public policy forums, and the media. Its primary goal is to continue to attract tech talent and jobs to NYC, to support the growth of the technology sector, and to increase civic engagement by leaders of the New York tech community. Tech:NYC mobilizes the expertise and resources of the tech sector to work with city and state government on programs and policies that ensure New York’s pre-eminence in the global innovation economy.
For more information or to hear from some of the tech leaders who signed this letter, email [email protected].
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January 30, 2017
President Trump:
We are business leaders and investors from New York City’s robust and growing technology sector. Among the reasons we proudly build and grow companies here in New York City is the rich diversity the city and its residents provide. We write out of concern that your recent executive orders will undermine that and send a dangerous message to all immigrants that they are not welcome here.
America has long provided homes and futures to millions who dared to share in our collective dream. There is nowhere this is more true than New York City—home to Ellis Island, the Statue of Liberty, and more foreign-born immigrants than any other city in the world. Your executive orders suspending entry for citizens of certain countries, even those who currently have legal status, along with limiting the refugee program, threaten those immigrants who are our current and future neighbors, friends, colleagues, customers, and even bosses. Their presence is a crucial ingredient that sets New York City apart and a fundamental reason why we have all chosen to build our careers and companies here.
In addition to all of the humanitarian reasons to welcome refugees, it is dangerous to discourage immigration when the facts show that immigrant entrepreneurs play a significant role in the American economy. Immigrants are more than twice as likely to start a business as the native-born population. Immigrant entrepreneurs started, in whole or in part, some of the most important technology companies of our time including LinkedIn, Tesla Motors, Zipcar, Google, Intel, Yahoo!, eBay, and WhatsApp. More than half of the companies on the current list of U.S. technology startups valued at $1 billion or more were started by immigrants.
We should be doing everything in our power to attract these entrepreneurs to the United States. Yet when we close the door to immigrants from certain countries, not to mention to refugees, we are telling all immigrants that they are not welcome here.
We are confident that we can achieve security without threatening the inclusivity and diversity at the heart of New York City—and the United States. We encourage you to rescind your recent executive orders.
Sincerely,
- Ty Abernethy – Co-Founder, Take the Interview, Inc.
- Eden Abrahams – NY Leader, Venwise | Managing Partner, Clear Path Executive Coaching
- Alex Adelman – Founder, Cosmic
- Aniq Rahman – CTO, Money-Media, Inc.
- Asmau Ahmed – Founder, Plum Perfect
- Robert Albert – CEO, Routehappy
- Miriam Altman – Co-Founder & CEO, Kinvolved
- Matthew Amsden – Founder & CEO, ProofPilot
- Benjamin Anderson – CEO, Amino
- David Arcara – Managing Partner, Laconia Capital Group
- Danny Aronson – CEO, Even
- Meghan Asha – CEO, FounderMade
- Joshua Auerbach – CEO, Digg, Inc.
- Hamdan Azhar – Founder, PRISMOJI
- Michelle Bacharach – CEO, Findmine
- Alain Bankier – Member, New York Angels
- Ted Bailey – Founder & CEO, Dataminr
- Nitesh Banta – Co-Founder & CEO, B12
- Vladimir Baranov – Founder & CTO, AdvisorEngine
- Dawn Barber – Co-Founder, NY Creative Tech Week
- Hayley Barna – Partner, First Round Capital | Co-Founder, Birchbox
- Mackenzie Barth – CEO, Spoon University
- Ayah Bdeir – Founder & CEO, littleBits
- Katia Beauchamp – Co-Founder & CEO, Birchbox
- Nick Beim – Partner, Venrock
- Kent Bennett – Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners
- Steven Berkowitz – CEO, Lumos Labs
- Milena Berry – Co-Founder & CEO, Power To Fly
- Seth Besmertnik – CEO, Conductor
- Jesse Beyroutey – Partner, IA Ventures
- Manik Bhat – CEO, Healthify
- Jay Bhattacharya – Co-Founder, Zipmark
- Alex Binkley – Principal, Third Kind Venture Capital
- Brad Birnbaum – CEO, Kustomer
- Sim Blaustein – Partner, Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments
- Aaron Block – Co-Founder and Managing Director, Metaprop
- Alex Blumberg – CEO, Gimlet Media
- Neil Blumenthal – Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Warby Parker
- Rachel Blumenthal – Founder & CEO, Rockets of Awesome
- John Borthwick – CEO, Betaworks
- Porter Braswell – CEO, Jopwell
- Jon Brod – Co-Founder & President, Confide
- Peter Brodsky – CEO, HyperScience
- Christian Brucculeri – CEO, Snaps
- Josh Bruno – Founder & CEO, Hometeam
- Ryan Bubinski – Co-Founder, Codeacademy
- Claire Burke – Co-Founder, Goby
- Matt Burton – CEO, Orchard
- Sara Byrne – Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners
- Karen Cahn – Founder & CEO, iFundWomen
- Neil Capel – Founder & Chairman, Sailthru, Inc.
- Anthony Casalena – Founder & CEO, Squarespace
- Alexandra Cavoulacos – Founder & COO, The Muse
- Daniel Chait – CEO, Greenhouse Software, Inc.
- Doug Chambers – CEO, Fieldlens
- Jeff Chapin – Co-Founder, Casper
- Phillip Charles-Pierre – Co-Founder, Opus.me
- Mariah Chase – CEO, Eloquii
- Robert Chea – CEO, Testfire Inc.
- Alexandra Chemla – Founder & CEO, ArtBinder
- Peter Chen – President & COO, SLICE
- Nicholas Chirls – Partner, Notation Capital
- Edward Chiu – CEO, Catalyst Software Corporation
- Nick Cicero – Founder & CEO, Delmondo
- Dan Ciporin – General Partner, Canaan Partners
- Andrew Cleland – Managing Director, Comcast Ventures
- Carter Cleveland – Founder & CEO, Artsy
- Glen Coates – CEO, Handshake
- Matt Coffin – CEO, Coffin Capital and Ventures
- Luke Cohler – President, Jetty
- Ed Colloton – Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners
- Ron Conway – Founder & Managing Partner, SV Angel
- Nyree Corby – Founder & CEO, Fame & Partners
- David Cowan – Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners
- Raphael Crawford-Marks – CEO, Bonusly
- Dennis Crowley – Founder, Foursquare
- Ryan Cummins – Co-Founder & CEO, Omaze
- Sebastian Cwilich – President & COO, Artsy
- Michael D’Agostino – Founder & CEO, Tentrr, Inc.
- Christina D’Avignon – Founder & CEO, Ringly
- Nick Dangerfield – Founder, Particle Inc.
- Susan Danziger – Founder & CEO, Ziggeo
- Anil Dash – CEO, Fog Creek Software
- Atish Davda – Founder & CEO, EquityZen
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- Jason Davis – CEO, Simon Data
- Javier de la Torre – CEO, CARTO
- Francois de Lame – Founder & CMO, Policy Genius
- Glen de Vries – Co-Founder & President, Medidata Solutions
- Adam Denenberg – CTO, iHeartRadio
- Byron Deeter – Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners
- Kalam Dennis – Co-Founder, AptDeco
- Michael DeSimone – CEO, ShopKeep Inc.
- Margit Detweiler – Founder & President, Gyrate Media
- Chad Dickerson – CEO, Etsy
- Brendan Dickinson – Partner, Canaan Partners
- Brian Distelburger – Co-Founder & President, Yext
- Dan Doctoroff – CEO, Sidewalk Labs & Intersection
- Sutian Dong – Partner, Female Founders Fund
- Matt Doumar – Founder & Co-CEO, Good Uncle
- Leigh Drogen – Founder & CEO, Estimize
- Umang Dua – Co-Founder, Handy
- Mark Egerman – Co-Founder, Cove
- Roger Ehrenberg – Managing Partner, IA Ventures
- Melanie Elturk – CEO, Haute Hijab
- Reham Fagiri – Co-Founder, AptDeco
- Irving Fain – Co-Founder & CEO, Bowery Farming
- Joseph Fasone – CEO, Pilot Fiber
- Brian Feinstein – Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners
- Alex Ferrara – Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners
- Aria Finger – CEO, DoSomething.org
- Jonathan Finkelstein – CEO, Credly
- Shana Fisher – Managing Partner, Third Kind Ventures
- Jennifer Fitzgerald – Founder & CEO, Policy Genius
- Derek Flanzraich – Founder & CEO, Greatist
- JJ Fliegelman – Co-Founder & CTO, WayUp
- Oren Frank – Co-Founder & CEO, Talkspace
- Ron Gabe – Co-Founder & CEO, Tubular Labs
- Rahul Gandhi – Co-Founder & COO, MakeSpace
- Aaron Gatti – Founder & CEO, BRAMI Inc.
- Matt Geiger – Co-Founder & President, Blend
- Vinay Gidwaney – Co-Founder, Maxwell Health
- Dave Gilboa – Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Warby Parker
- Brad Gillespie – Partner, IA Ventures
- Michael B. Gilroy – Principal, Canaan Partners
- Sam Gimbel – Co-Founder & CPO, Clark
- Gabriel Flateman – Co-Founder & CTO, Casper
- Jeff Glueck – CEO, Foursquare
- Jonah Goodhart – Co-Founder & CEO, Moat Inc.
- Bob Goodman – Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners
- Hilary Gosher – Managing Director, Insight Venture Partners
- Nicholas Grasset – CTO, MakeSpace
- Taylor Greene – Partner, Lerer Hippeau Ventures
- Sandy Grippo – Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners
- Jason Gross – Co-Founder & CEO, Petal
- James Gutierrez – CEO, Insikt
- Raul Gutierrez – Founder & CEO, Tinybop
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- Tanner Hackett – Co-Founder, Button, Inc.
- Beth Haggerty – Managing Partner, Parity Partners
- Ali Hamed – Co-Founder, CoVenture
- David Hammer – CEO, , Emissary
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- Oisin Hanrahan – Co-Founder & CEO, Handy
- Felda Hardymon – Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners
- Brad Hargreaves – Founder & CEO, Common
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- Hadley Harris – General Partner, Eniac Ventures
- Seth Harris – Founder & CEO, HuddleUp
- Matthew Hartman – Partner, Betaworks
- Camille Hearst – Co-Founder & CEO, Kit
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- Scott Heiferman – Co-Founder & CEO, Meetup
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- Dan Herman – Co-founder, Welcome
- Cat Hernandez – Talent Partner, Primary Venture Partners
- Michael Hershfield – COO, Nucleus Intercom
- Thomas Hesse – CEO, Auctionata Paddle8
- Amanda Hesser – Co-Founder, Food52
- David Hirsch – Managing Partner, Compound
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- Ryder Kessler – CEO, DipJar
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- Edward Kim – CEO, SimpleReach
- Angela Kim – Co-Founder, Veri
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- Jed Kleckner – CEO, Delivery.com
- Allison Kopf – Founder & CEO, Agrilyst
- Kareem Kouddous – Co-Founder, Koko
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- Philip Krim – Co-Founder & CEO, Casper
- Greg Kubin – Co-Founder, HelloSponsor
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- Fritz Lanman – Executive Chairman, ClassPass, Doppler Labs & DWNLD
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- Jessica Lawrence Quinn – CEO, NY Tech Alliance
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- Tommy Nichols – CEO, Alloy
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- Adam Quinton – Founder & CEO, Lucas Point Ventures
- Danielle Rabuzzi – Executive Director, Mouse
- Aniq Rahman – President, Moat
- Jeff Raider – Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Harry’s
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- Prithvi Raj – COO, Squarefoot
- Dmitry Rakovitsky – CEO, ROKO Labs
- Daniel Ramot – Co-Founder & CEO, Via
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- Greg Ratner – Co-Founder & VP of Engineering, Troops.AI
- Nick Rellas – Co-Founder & CEO, Drizly, Inc.
- Lauren Remington Platt – Founder & CEO, vensette
- Kyra Reppen – CEO, Katapult
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- Brendan Reynolds – CEO, Moment
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- Cheraé Robinson – Founder & CEO, Tastemakers Africa
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- Sam Rosen – CEO, MakeSpace
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- Michael Rothman – Co-Founder & CEO, Fatherly
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