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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. In 2005 he was graduated and took a job in South Carolina working for technology company while he started his own web design company on the side. At the time he granted me permission to write about his story. Felipe grew up in Brazil.

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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #8: Bootstrap or VC?

Austin Startup

Although bootstrapping is still an approach in Austin, a lot has changed since I wrote my original challenge to the Bootstrap Austin group back in 2005. Groups list on March 15, 2005. It was then profitable, but of course we weren’t paying ourselves salaries (unlike my consulting gig). Below is a post I wrote on their Yahoo!

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Ted Rheingold Founded Dogster in 2004: Five Questions About Building a Startup, Selling a Startup and Whether SF Is Still a Good Place

Hunter Walker

Though I should point out was still doing client work for OneMatchFire until mid-2005 until the business could pay full salaries. From the middle to 2005 to early 2010 the business was break-even or better every quarter. Another recurring issue we heard was that pet owners feeling guilty leaving their dog home alone.

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@altgate » Blog Archive » Startup Executive Compensation Scorecard

Altgate

To the right of that are five charts one each for: Current Equity Equity at Hire Base Salary Target Bonus Actual Total Cash Each of these bar charts shows the respective compensation for the management team on a percentile scale (compared to the cohort). For obvious reasons, we compare founders to founders and non-founders to non-founders.

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Day of The Dead: Web Drives Strong Demand for Java Skills

www.redmonk.com

Lets look at RabbitMQ for example – which though written in Erlang was acquired by SpringSource as a messaging engine to underpin a Java-based programming model. By Java Developers: Start Your Engines « eXo Blog – Java Middleware for Cloud Services on 07 Sep 2010 at 5:46 pm [.] on 07 Sep 2010 at 11:16 am [.] ?????

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Day of The Dead: Web Drives Strong Demand for Java Skills

www.redmonk.com

Lets look at RabbitMQ for example – which though written in Erlang was acquired by SpringSource as a messaging engine to underpin a Java-based programming model. By Java Developers: Start Your Engines « eXo Blog – Java Middleware for Cloud Services on 07 Sep 2010 at 5:46 pm [.] on 07 Sep 2010 at 11:16 am [.] ?????

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9 Ways To Make Sure Your Small Business Is Better Off Four Years From Now

YoungUpstarts

Examine the issues and vote your conscience, yes, but don’t take your eyes off the creativity, hard work, and proven business practices that keep the entrepreneurial engine humming along. We started the Barefoot Wine brand in our laundry room in 1986, made it a nationwide bestseller, and successfully sold the brand to E&J Gallo in 2005.