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My story and support for the Founders Visa

K9 Ventures

In December 1996, while I was still a student in the Master of Software Engineering program at Carnegie Mellon, I got bit hard by the entrepreneurial bug. I graduated from Carnegie Mellon in 1997 and decided to use my OPT to give the company a proper shot. I always knew that I would someday start my own company.

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Entrepreneur-Friendly Policies (Finally) Showing Promise - But Leadership Required

Seeing Both Sides

In truth, it’s not small business that represents the country’s job engine. The Kauffman Foundation’s research on this matter is clear: from 1997 to 2005, job growth in the US was driven entirely by start-ups. It’s new businesses.