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Tell your Startup Visa story

Startup Lessons Learned

Whether youre a US citizen or an immigrant, entrepreneur or investor, founder or employee, theres something you can do. If you are an immigrant founder who has helped build a company that has created jobs in the US, we need you to tell your story. This is especially true if you live outside the echo chamber of Silicon Valley.

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Support the Startup Founders Visa with a tweet

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, September 19, 2009 Support the Startup Founders Visa with a tweet Its been an exhilarating first day here in Washington DC for the Geeks on a Plane tour. We can remedy it by creating a special visa for startup founders. We can remedy it by creating a special visa for startup founders.

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Lessons Learned: Where did Silicon Valley come from?

Startup Lessons Learned

Silicon Valley was the fastest growing region in the United States during the late 1970s and early 1980s; but that growth came out of a place, not a technology. Stevey's Blog Rants: Good Agile, Bad Agile Learning from Obama: maneuver warfare on the campa. Expo SF (May. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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The new startup arms race (for Huffington Post)

Startup Lessons Learned

The United States is locked in a new arms race for that most precious resource -- the future entrepreneurs upon whom economic growth depends. For example, over 25% of the technology companies founded between 1995-2005 had a key immigrant founder. But the jobs will be created over there. But the jobs will be created over there.

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What Greek Startups Can Teach the World

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Whitehill is founder of Entrepreneur Week , the Greek version of which was inspired by riots protesting the country’s austerity moves. He teamed up with a number of Greek organizations, associations and institutions, including CoLab Athens (Greece’s first co-working space), which offers workshops and accelerator programs to startups.

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What Greek Startups Can Teach the World

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Inspired by Riots Whitehill is founder of Entrepreneur Week , the Greek version of which was inspired by riots protesting the country’s austerity moves. But it’s easy for Silicon Valley startup founders pitching venture capitalists to forget all the advantages we have in the United States. Ignore the odds; be a survivor.