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

Both Sides of the Table

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. Again, much red tape even though David grew up in the US (he had since moved to Europe and married a wonderful woman from Romania). He spent a bunch of this time in Canada. More red tape.

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Generate and Transformify: Umbrella Solutions to Help Businesses Hire Top Talent Worldwide

Transformify

BREXIT and H1B visa regulations in the US further limit the access to talent resulting in aggressive head-hunting strategies and inflated salaries. Deprived of skilled workforce, the businesses face challenges to sustain growth and respond to the latest offerings of their competitors. ‘’Test-and-Hire’’ Solution.

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My Commencement Speech?—?Life at Your Crossroads

Both Sides of the Table

His father, my grandfather, ended up in South America after fleeing Jewish oppression in Romania. then you can move into a role designed to maximize your potential income. I cut my salary in half and started my own company. Pay me half salary and if we raise a fund together you can pay me back.” My grandfather.

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

Both Sides of the Table

His father came from Romania. So my family is Jewish and very typical immigration story – his father left Romania at 19, had to get a fake passport in order to get out of the country, left and never went back, and left in the middle of winter and got frostbite. He grew up in Colombia, South America. It was all technical.

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Is Outsourcing Exploitation?

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

This is only true if you reside in a country with a strong currency and comparably high average salary, like the USA, Canada, Australia or countries in the European Union. So how can outsourcing overseas, when the pay rate seems so terribly small compared to the amount of time put in by the worker, be considered fair?

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Out of the Crisis #6, helpwithcovid.com

Startup Lessons Learned

Highlights from the show Radu on his background and what he was doing before HelpWithCovid.com (2:53) Radu on being a builder and his experiences with YCombinator (4:04) Radu's quarantine life and his parents quarantine life in Romania. (5:45) Eric Ries : You're originally from Romania, right? 18:06) The tech that powers the site. (19:22)

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