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

Both Sides of the Table

I’ve been meaning to write this post since September of last year when Brad Feld first wrote about the The Founders Visa Movement. TWTFelipe is the founder of TWTApps , who had developed some really cool add-on applications for Twitter to extend its functionality. university in math or science&# (Thomas Friedman).

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

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Not just because meeting Clayton was influential in shaping my thinking about markets but also because Derek Andersen (who founded Startup Grind) is such an awesome host and runs a very informative events. He grew up in Colombia, South America. Technical founder. Last month they turned the tables on me. You’re 42.

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“Visibility” — A Powerful Lesson on DACA and The American Dream from @LeonKrauze

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Our system works on under-the-table payments of below-market wages for jobs that our non-Hispanic citizens don’t want to do and in a country where people our unemployment rate is already so low that some economists are warning about inflation due to full employment. He went to college to study art and design. Invisibility.

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Why I Invested in Gogii (textPlus) – My First Ever Later Stage Deal

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Gogii spent way more effort marketing to what I call “The USA Today market&# rather than the tech blog market. Some of them are beautifully designed and have exciting teams so I know why investors are pumped up about the teams they’ve backed. You fish where your customers are. Yes, with a “6 and an m.&#.

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12 Top Picks: Austin Startup Week on Oct 12

Austin Startup

Building Your Business on Open Source Data 10:00 am at Galvanize Featuring Data.world co-founder and CTO Bryon Jacob, this panel will explore the increasingly important role of open source data science in the startup economy. Four distinguished guests will provide examples to jumpstart your thinking on such new market opportunities.

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

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Since we offer strategy and guidance for clients, we didn't want to have marketing in our name since that would corner us as a category instead of a service-based business. After thinking through many options, we chose StrategyBeam because it reflected the fact that we focus our approach to marketing on strategy.

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Hacking Education – Fracking Education

Seeing Both Sides

(today''s blog post was co-authored with my partner, Matt Witheiler , with contributions from our colleague, Caitlin Strandberg ). Paying $500,000 for a four year college experience that does not prepare students for the job market is no longer a winning proposition.