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ORANGEBURG - When Soviet gymnastics coach Sasha Miretsky traveled to the United States more than a dozen years ago, he had an idea that he might not return to his native Russia.
At the time, November 1991, it was easy to get a visa and permission from the Russian government to leave the country.
Still his departure wasn't exactly formal.
"I just came here. It was like a business trip," Miretsky says, and he decided to stay.
Two years later, he and two business partners, Beata Hoffman and Jamie Winkler, started Galaxy Gymnastics in Orangeburg, teaching kids as young as 18 months basic gymnastics as well as far more intricate and demanding feats.
Today, with clients that number around 850, the former Olympics coach can count himself among throngs of immigrant entrepreneurs who have come to the United States and found success.
Despite the changes in security the United States has witnessed in recent years, immigrants' zeal to come to America and succeed remains strong, says Steve Swanson, general manager of Princeton Search Group of Oakland.
As a headhunter, Swanson often speaks with immigrants who are looking to get ahead, either through better jobs or starting their own businesses.
"There is absolutely a conviction in folks that come to this country that still believe in the great American way," Swanson says.
So eager are some immigrants to achieve that even those whose command of the English language is at best minimal, such as Miretsky when he first arrived, succeed in industries where language isn't necessarily key to earning a living.
Though language barriers can be problematic, access to capital can be a greater concern for immigrant entrepreneurs, says Betsy Zeidman, director of the Center for Emerging Domestic Markets at the Milken Institute. a think-tank based in Santa Monica, Calif.
"A lot of it comes through family money," Zeidman says.
Still, just as immigrants themselves vary, she says, so do the ways in which they finance their businesses.
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March 27, 2005
By THE JOURNAL NEWS
ORANGEBURG - When Soviet gymnastics coach Sasha Miretsky traveled to the United States more than a dozen years ago, he had an idea that he might not return to his native Russia.
At the time, November 1991, it was easy to get a visa and permission from the Russian government to leave the country.
Still his departure wasn't exactly formal.
"I just came here. It was like a business trip," Miretsky says, and he decided to stay.
Two years later, he and two business partners, Beata Hoffman and Jamie Winkler, started Galaxy Gymnastics in Orangeburg, teaching kids as young as 18 months basic gymnastics as well as far more intricate and demanding feats.
Today, with clients that number around 850, the former Olympics coach can count himself among throngs of immigrant entrepreneurs who have come to the United States and found success.
Despite the changes in security the United States has witnessed in recent years, immigrants' zeal to come to America and succeed remains strong, says Steve Swanson, general manager of Princeton Search Group of Oakland.
As a headhunter, Swanson often speaks with immigrants who are looking to get ahead, either through better jobs or starting their own businesses.
"There is absolutely a conviction in folks that come to this country that still believe in the great American way," Swanson says.
So eager are some immigrants to achieve that even those whose command of the English language is at best minimal, such as Miretsky when he first arrived, succeed in industries where language isn't necessarily key to earning a living.
Though language barriers can be problematic, access to capital can be a greater concern for immigrant entrepreneurs, says Betsy Zeidman, director of the Center for Emerging Domestic Markets at the Milken Institute. a think-tank based in Santa Monica, Calif.
"A lot of it comes through family money," Zeidman says.
Still, just as immigrants themselves vary, she says, so do the ways in which they finance their businesses.
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