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My story and support for the Founders Visa

K9 Ventures

I came to the United States in 1992 at the age of 17 (so there, now you know exactly how old I am!) Towards the end of my OPT (mid 1998) is when the H1-B visa cap issue hit. Fortunately, I was accepted into the program and that allowed me to legally stay in the United States. to attend Carnegie Mellon University.

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How Diversity Can Increase Innovation And Growth In Your Business

YoungUpstarts

I came to the United States in 1998 as a Turkish immigrant with my husband Serhat Pala. My different cultural experiences than many others in the United States as well as being a woman have given me a distinct worldview from many other entrepreneurs.

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Exploring The Evolution Of Online Payment Solutions

YoungUpstarts

The Gold Standard was introduced to England in 1816 and eventually to the United States in 1900. After a few economic scares, the Federal Reserve of the United States introduced gold-backed reserve notes, which would late become the United States Dollar. Online Shopping.

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Six Vehicle Features That Keep Your Employees Safe

The Startup Magazine

In the United States, front airbags have come as standard on all new vehicles since the late 1990s (1998 for cars and 1999 for light trucks). Here are six notable examples. Many vehicles had airbags even before these dates. Airbags are triggered by sensors that can detect a frontal collision.

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Why Pioneers Have Arrows In Their Backs

Steve Blank

The irony is that in a retrospective paper ten years later (1998), [ 2 ] the authors backed off from their claims. For example, Ford was the first successfully mass produced car in the United States. Strategic Management Journal Volume 19, Issue 12, pages 1111–1125, December 1998. [3] By then it was too late.

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KidsPark – Childcare By The Hour

YoungUpstarts

The timing was also right – due to societal changes in the United States, demand for hourly care had grown nationwide, and teenagers who previously would have provided babysitting services were bogged down by activities. Families, more transitory than in years past, were less likely to have relatives living nearby to help out.

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Scaling is Hard, Case Study: athenahealth

Seeing Both Sides

The founding pair realized that they needed to pivot into becoming a software company, and in late 1998, completely shifted their focus to delivering athenaNet, their Web-based medical billing platform, as a cloud-based software service for all doctors.