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

Both Sides of the Table

By 2006 he had received proper authorization to move back to the US to join a company in the town I grew up in: Sacramento, California. It seemed that back then the US government recognized the importance of attracting the best and brightest from around the world. He spent a bunch of this time in Canada. He was fortunate.

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Champing At The Bit: Can You Pay Your Workers In Bitcoin?

YoungUpstarts

There is no middleman between parties exchanging the currency, unlike regular forms of payment that are backed and controlled by a central government authority or a bank. First and foremost, federal and state law may not allow employers to use bitcoin to pay employees’ salaries. Ebbink is Of Counsel in the firm’s Sacramento, Calif.

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2010 Election – How I’ll Vote

Venture Chronicles

As much as I love the intent of this proposition the fact remains that we, the voters, send people to Sacramento to do a job and increasingly we, the voters, are micromanaging the process. That will send a far more pointed message to Sacramento than putting locks (that will end up being circumvented anyways) on the piggy bank.