Herman co-wrote the provocative new book, Immigrant Inc.--Why Immigrant Entrepreneurs Are Driving the New Economy, with Plain Dealer reporter Robert L. Smith.  Published by John Wiley & Sons, the book urges struggling communities like Cleveland and Akron to recall the immigrant energy that made their cities great. It reveals the power of a new generation of ambitious, high-skill immigrants to launch companies and create jobs in the New Economy.

Neal Pierce, a syndicated columnist for The Washington Post Writers Group, said the book effectively makes "the audacious case" that immigrants can save the Rust Belt.

John Austin, Director of the Great Lakes Economic Initiative at The Brookings Institution, said Immigrant, Inc. reveals America's competitive edge in a global economy:

"Richard Herman and Robert Smith paint a compelling and accurate portrait of the powerful role immigrants play in our economy, and remind us that new people, ideas and entrepreneurial energy is the American dream story"

Herman, who is married to an immigrant, is a graduate of Case Western Reserve University Law School. He worked and lived in Moscow, Russia, before returning to Cleveland and founding Richard T. Herman and Associates, a law firm that services clients in more than a dozen languages.  He is the co-founder of TiE Ohio, a mentoring and networking group dedicated to promoting immigrant and international entrepreneurship.

For more information about the book, Immigrant, Inc., see:

http://www.immigrantinc.com/

Book Promo Video

http://www.youtube.com/user/Immigrantinc2010

2009 Small Business Book "Readers' Choice Award"

http://smallbiztrends.com/2009/12/best-small-business-books-2009-awards.html

"Skilled Immigrants:  The Stimulus We Need?"  by Neal Peirce, The Washington

Post Writers Group, Chair of CitiStates, December 27, 2009

http://www.postwritersgroup.com/archives/peir091227.htm

"Throw Open the Doors!  Want Promises of Boost to Regional Economy?  Heavy

Influx of Skilled Immigrants," Editorial Board, Akron Beacon Journal,

January 3, 20010

http://www.ohio.com/editorial/opinions/80525327.html

"Book Explores Immigrants' Role in U.S. Economy (Cleveland authors write

that highly skilled foreign-born entrepreneurs bring vitality but Northeast

Ohio isn't doing  enough to welcome them)" by Paula Schleis, Akron Beacon

Journal, December 28, 2009

http://www.ohio.com/business/80189722.html

Review, by Ira Stoll, Editor, Future of Capitalism

http://www.futureofcapitalism.com/688/immigrant-inc

"Eight Indian CEOs at Big U.S. Companies (a scan of America's corporations

shows the ethnic group's growing presence)" by Megha Bahree, Forbes,

December 21, 2009

http://www.forbes.com/2009/12/17/indian-ceos-united-states-forbes-asia-indian-ceos.html

"Let's Give Visas to Startup Founders (Instead of Encouraging the first

brain drain in U.S. history, the country should create a program to welcome

funded startup entrepreneurs)" by Vivek Wadhwa, BusinessWeek, December 2,

2009

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2009/tc2009121_842902.htm

"Immigrant Entrepreneurs Spark Illinois Economy Through Startups,

Innovation," by Dee Gill, Crain's Chicago Business, December 14, 2009

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/mag/article.pl?id=32823

"Immigrant, Inc. ---- The authors emphasize how Americans need to tap their

'inner immigrant' in order to succeed"  Businessworld, November 14, 2009

http://www.businessworld.in/bw/2009_11_14_Immigrant_Inc.html

"Eight months on, U.S. finally fills H1B visa quota,"  by Anirudh

Bhattacharyya, Hindustan Times, December 23, 2009

http://www.hindustantimes.com/rssfeed/business/Eight-months-on-US-finally-fills-H1B-visa-quota/Article1-489837.aspx

 "A Prize Worth Pursuing," by Lute Harmon, Publishder, Inside Business

Magazine, November, 2009

http://www.ibmag.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=New+Articles&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=7B30C2FA072245DE9AD5D82735C7041A&tier=4&id=C387FAB1BF8B435FAC97ACCDF302BA41

"Investing in Immigration," by Dan Moulthrop, Sound of Ideas, WCPN, 90.3

Radio, NPR/Cleveland

http://www.wcpn.org/WCPN/soi/28197

 "Washington Forgets Best Case for Immigration Law Reform,"  by Richard

Herman, Law Professors Blog, December 31, 2009

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2009/12/richard-herman-on-immigration-reform.html

"The Immigrant Connection," by Megha Bahree, Forbes, January 21, 2010

http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2010/0208/opinions-careers-networking-immigrants-heads-up.html

"Carnegie's Gregorian Featured in New Book on Transformative Impact of

Immigrants,"  Carnegie Corporation, February 5, 2010

http://carnegie.org/news/carnegie-corporation-in-the-news/story/news-action/single/view/carnegie-corporations-gregorian-featured-in-new-book-on-transformative-impact-of-immigrants/

About Akron Roundtable

�Bringing the World to Akron "

Akron Roundtable�s Mission Statement:

Akron Roundtable brings speakers to Akron who inform, educate and stimulate listeners on topics of importance to the region, the country and the world.

The Akron Roundtable was established in 1976 as a community forum to encourage and bring bold, creative and new ideas to the region.  To date, more than 360 major corporate executives, writers, government officials, artists, and civic leaders from around the country have shared their thoughts on subjects of global, national and regional importance with Akron Roundtable audiences. 

Held at noon on the third Thursday of every month, Akron Roundtable is a non-partisan forum (the Roundtable does not take positions on issues), and all speakers are asked to respond to written questions from the audience.  Each event, held at the Quaker Station located at the Quaker Square Inn on the campus of The University of Akron, begins at 12:00 noon with the speaker�s address immediately followed by a question and answer session.  Doors open for the event at 11:45 a.m.  A pre-luncheon Press Conference begins at 11:30. The event concludes at approximately 1:15 p.m.   

Roundtable audiences vary in size by subject and have grown over the years from one hundred to more than 700 on special occasions.  As a general rule, Akron Roundtable does not pay speaker fees.  However, reasonable travel and accommodation costs are covered upon request.   

All speeches are recorded for broadcast later the same day by National Public Radio affiliate WKSU 89.7FM and world-wide over the Internet.  Akron Roundtable was the first civic forum in the nation, after the National Press Club in Washington, to initiate regularly scheduled Internet broadcasts.

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