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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

Both Sides of the Table

He came to the United States in 2001 to study Software Engineering at Auburn University. My dad’s father fled Jewish oppression in Eastern Europe as a teenager and ended up in South America. So I was intrigued when I read Thomas Friedmans’s Op Ed in December 2008 about the need to Reboot America.

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Life, Death And Gold: Remembering The Panic Of 1857

YoungUpstarts

” To compound the crisis, in mid-September the SS Central America — later dubbed the “Ship of Gold” — was caught in a hurricane off the coast of the Carolinas and sank. Over 128 years later, the gold was recovered by a diving team — the Columbus-America Discovery Group of Ohio. Cara holds a B.A

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To Infinity and Beyond: How Entrepreneurism is Making Space Tourism Viable

YoungUpstarts

In 2001, in conjunction with the Russian Space Agency, American entrepreneurs Peter Diamindis, Eric C. Since then, he has completed development of Spaceport America in New Mexico and has made significant advances with his SpaceShip Two vehicles. “I Certainly, the U.S.

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Debating the Tech Bubble with Steve Blank: Part I

Ben's Blog

In 2001, Stewart Butterfield abandoned plans to build a massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) after costs became too great; he built photo-sharing service Flickr instead. Because Stewart’s programmers are ten times more productive than they were in 2001 due to massive advances in programming language technology.

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We Were Right – Just a Decade Early

Feld Thoughts

“This merger will launch the next Internet revolution,” said Steve Case, America Online’s chairman and chief executive, told a news conference Monday. 2001 – 2002 was the collapse to the Trough. “We’re still just scratching the surface.” ” The market responded according to plan.

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The Other Amazon Deal this week. Drupal founder attracts over $100 Million in 3 months.

Scalable Startup

Drupal was launched in 2001, and Acquia started in 2007. After that it quickly gained credibility and spread throughout government, and corporate America. But that’s a different article… Less prominent in the news, but possibly more important, is Amazon’s investment in ACQUIA. Acquia, Inc.

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Growth Could Kill Your Company!

Duct Tape Marketing

She launched her first website in 1995 and in 2001 founded Web Mystery Shoppers, one of the world’s first companies to do remote usability testing of websites and web-related customer service. Her podcast, Frank Reactions , focuses on customer experience in the digital era. Listen to it at [link] , on iTunes or Stitcher.

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