Persian Information

Persian-Americans are among the most highly educated groups in the United States, with over fifty percent of Persian immigrants having attained a bachelor's degree or higher. This is more than twice as high as the percentage among the total foreign-born population. More than one in four Persian-Americans holds a master's or doctoral degree, the highest rate among the foreign-born population.
At present, there are over eight thousand Persian physicians working in the United States, the majority of whom have their own practice and/or work in medical institutions, and approximately half of whom were entirely or predominantly trained in the United States. Another major group of highly trained Persian professionals in the United States are university professors. It is estimated that the total number of Persian professors who teach and research in higher education institutions in the United States exceeds four thousand.
The Small Business Administration recently conducted a study that found Persian immigrants among the top twenty immigrant groups with the highest rate of business ownership, contributing substantially to the U.S. economy. According to the report, there are over thirty thousand active and contributing Persian American business owners in the U.S., with a 21.5% business ownership rate. The study also found that the total net business income generated by Persian Americans exceeds $2.5 billion. Almost one in three Persian American households have annual incomes of more than $100K, as compared to one in five for the overall U.S. population.
Today, that vision has grown to a membership base of over 40 professionals, and average weekly meeting attendance in excess of 70 individuals. Frequently, the group will express over 300 "Thank You for referrals given or benefits exchanged per week.
According to a report by Persian Studies group at MIT, Persian-Americans have founded and/or participated in senior leadership positions of many major US companies, including many Fortune 500 companies such as GE, Intel, Verizon, Motorola, Google, and AT&T. Some prominent Persian-Americans include Pierre Omidyar, founder/CEO of eBay, Isaac Larian, founder of Bratz, Firouz Naderi,
So Cal Persian Networking is a non-religious, non-political organization dedicated to networking and promoting Persian businesses and culture for the benefit of the Persian-Americans in Southern California, as well as the community at large. director at NASA, and Ali Javan, inventor of the first gas laser.

If you are like most independent professionals and small business owners, you put hard work into getting your name out there and distribute your business card wherever you go. You may even attend a weekly or monthly networking group or occasional business conference where people share leads. And like most people, your time and effort isn’t generating a steady stream of new business.
The problem is that most people think that networking consists of telling as many people as possible what they do, and handing out as many business cards as they can. They waste the few precious moments they have with new and existing contacts by focusing on themselves.
It’s possible to meet someone in the airport, hand them your card after a brief conversation, and have them call you to request your services, but this random approach is like playing the lottery. You can’t count on it to produce results. It is a Push and Pray technique: you push your information out to others and pray that they respond.