Last month, I talked about contractors as "the last Americans," in the context that they represent one of the few remaining independent business types still surviving amidst consolidation and increasingly difficult demands. The demand of the economy is a topic we will return to next month. This month, I want to share a real American success story-and our main character is a German from Russia.
Facing considerable obstacles, 35-year-old Victor Shvenke managed to migrate to the United States with his wife and young family in 1988 with a few hundred dollars to his name.