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The new startup arms race (for Huffington Post)

Startup Lessons Learned

Take the example of Indianas Passageways. Luckily for the rest of us, he was able to find his path to a green card, and now employs 24 Americans in West Lafayette, Indiana. Take the example of Indianas Passageways. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup?

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Startup Visa update

Startup Lessons Learned

He gave me the opportunity to answer questions about our proposal, and share the stories of immigrant entrepreneurs who are creating job all over America, including the Senators home state of Indiana. You can judge for yourself if we lived up to that promise: Lean Startup SmackDown from Frank Gruber on Vimeo. Expo SF (May.

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Guide to Finding a Technical Co-Founder | Vinicius Vacanti

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Hire a Programmer The Hope: You’ll use the programmer to build a prototype that will get you traction and experience. You know how to product manage and you’ve hired programmers before. I recommend you start by reading this post on how to hire a programmer. We tried this at Yipit and failed.