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Investing In Rural Startups: Green Card Targeted Employment Areas (TEAs)

The Startup Magazine

But if you’re just looking into getting an EB-5 green card, you’ve probably seen two investment types: the usual $1,800,000 investment or the $500,000 to $900,000 TEA investment. Is the USCIS saying you can invest in a project that’s $72,000 more than the average cost of a home and receive a permanent green card for it?

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Book: Where The Jobs Are

Feld Thoughts

He has a vision and the experience to create a non-partisan organization to engage and educate people, especially policymakers in government, regarding the critical importance of entrepreneurs and startups to innovation, economic growth, and job creation. It’s a great book that every policy maker in government at any level should read.

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The 10 Best Teams Ever Assembled (And What We Can Learn From Them)

YoungUpstarts

Never seeking recognition for his genius, quietly thwarting horrible crimes or saving entire governments, almost none of London’s other inhabitants knew the man at 221B Baker Street was one of the greatest minds the world has ever seen. Sure, Holmes was the best crime-solver ever, but it was the way he solved them that made him great.

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Presidential Innovation Fellows, round two

Startup Lessons Learned

Yes, there are Lean Startups even in the United States federal government. For my take on how this is possible, you can see my previous post on Lean Government here. MyUSA Simplifying the process of finding and accessing information and government services that are right for you. Take a look and judge for yourself.

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Twitter Link Roundup #193 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

The Washington Post – [link]. Proving there’s no shortage of idiots in government, Dallas proposes stupid restrictions designed to keep Uber away – [link]. 25 Flourishing Examples of Green Paper Business Cards – [link]. The Overlooked Reason Entrepreneurs Are Vulnerable To Depression – [link].

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University of Michigan Joins the Global EIR Network

Feld Thoughts

After a decade, it’s clear that our federal government has broadly failed us on this front. For founders, this announcement means access to a startup visa, with a long runway, and a path to a green card. I’ve been working on the Startup Visa since I first wrote about it 2009 in my post The Founders Visa Movement.

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Immigration Reform: Now or Never?

Professor VC

ProfessorVC celebrated his 50th birthday this past week in his hometown of Washington, DC, with visits to the Capitol Hill and the White House to meet with legislators and White House officials on immigration reform. The government is trying to get more entrepreneurial. Visit Washington! What can you do? Write your legislators!