UNITED STATES.- Bloomberg Businessweek published a very interesting graph a couple of months ago, that almost went unnoticed by us! The graph details where Silicon Valley’s intellectual capital mainly originates from, and the results are quite interesting and exciting for those of us who believe Tijuana, Baja California and Mexico are on the path to becoming a technological powerhouse.

This infographic exemplifies how important Mexico is for Silicon Valley in terms of human intellectual capital for its tech development.

Although other states in the U.S. are still the source for the majority of talent for Apple, Facebook, Google, IBM, Twitter, and other major Silicon Valley players, many might be surprised to learn that Mexico is the main source of foreigners in the industry, surpassing India, China, and even Germany.

The top 10 foreign sources, in terms of human capital imports in Silicon Valley, in order of most to least, are: Mexico, The Philippines, China, India, Japan, South Korea, Canada, other Middle Eastern Countries (we know, not a country, but this is what the graph says), Vietnam, and Germany.

For those who might try and argue this down to a case of geographics, it is noteworthy that the U.S.’s other, wealthier, bordering neighbor, Canada, falls in seventh place.

Other important highlights are that in 2013, there were 13, 766 out-of-state and foreigners working in Silicon Valley. The majority of these were of Asian descendance, 50.1% to be precise in 2010, as both U.S. natives and immigrants. A third of the startups are funded by Hindus.

Bloomberg is not the only one catching on to the fact that Mexico is increasingly becoming an important player in the world of software and hardware entrepreneurialism.

Another article, by Fusion.net, describes how Mexico has developed an edge over Brazil in the race to becoming the next tech hub in Latin America, although both come head to head in certain categories, Mexico is winning overall thanks to its location and ease of doing business. Tijuana and Monterrey are specifically mentioned as the two most important cities for the countries in terms of innovation.

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