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Fixing immigration for startups: What the US government can (and should) do right now

The Next Web

The system prevents entrepreneurs from being able to create companies that have the potential to change how we live and create hundreds or thousands jobs in the process, and prevents technology startups from being able to hire talent they need to succeed. A green card. I was the first Soviet student to begin the process going to a U.S.

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Future Presidential Elections in the USA – What should the business world expect?

The Startup Magazine

The list of running candidates contains 17 Democrats, including Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has focused his campaign on economic issues, such as Medicare for All, a $15 minimum wage, the Green New Deal, the expansion of the estate tax and tuition-free college. appeared first on The Startup Magazine.

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What Is a Benefit Corporation?

Up and Running

Now, you can create a benefit corporation in: Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington D.C., with many more states in the pending legislation phase.

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Reinventing the Office: How to Lose Fat and Increase Productivity at Work

David Teten

Besides the obvious fitness benefits, according to research done by the Vermont Board of Education , exercise is not only healthy for you, but it also increases your productivity. We’re filling it with our own team , plus a couple of startups in our portfolio ( Parsely , Phone.com , some in stealth mode).

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

Lately other data storage startups were choosing names ending in.io We were brainstorming for days, trying to come up with a company name for our AgTech startup. I moved to Vermont to cycle and ski, and to work in a gourmet food operation in Burlington. so they could use an.io Thanks to Judith Samson, Bra Bridge ! #4-

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How to Decide, Convey vs. Convince, & More

Ben's Blog

And you can run green lights and get in accidents. Annie: I have to say, like, the decision hygiene stuff — and the ideas of predicting these intermediating states of the world — apply so much in a startup environment. So, I actually can’t think of a place where this is more important than in a startup environment.

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How to Start a Farm: Your Complete Guide to Success

Up and Running

Gregory Heilers has helped on two startup farms: his father’s 200-acre grass-fed beef and goat farm, which also includes an orchard, a berry patch, and a vegetable garden, with areas set aside for future logging; and on a seven-acre organically grown market garden in upstate New York. See Also: Free Business Startup Checklist.