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

Both Sides of the Table

By 2005 I had moved back to the US and we started hiring US employees (The first two employees we hired had both grown up in India! My dad’s father fled Jewish oppression in Eastern Europe as a teenager and ended up in South America. Irony, hey?). In 2006 we sold the company to a French services company.

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Pound Around the World – My Thoughts from Random Hacks of Kindness

VC Cafe

For example, you can save 7 trees in the rain forest in south america for £1, and in India you can get all you can eat curry…(see the presentation on the link below – 300 views in about 1 hour from posting!). Pound Around the World. View more presentations from Eze Vidra.

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Finding Flow

YoungUpstarts

South America, Europe, or India and then traveling across the globe to lead another retreat. Suddenly, time wasn’t a problem anymore. I stopped needing 9 or 10 hours of sleep to feel fully rested. I’m sleeping less and leading 10-day retreats for thousands of people in the U.S., It’s work that requires tremendous output.

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What To Know About Accepting International Payments

YoungUpstarts

For example, how will it compare to receive payments from Nicaragua versus India? This is also charged by Canada, China, India, Africa and the majority of South America. In foreign countries, they may not have the same number of options, so you’re up against less competition. Most countries charge tax on goods sold.

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DesignCrowd takes on 99Designs in the US, seeking to grow its crowdsourced design business tenfold

The Next Web

A year ago, it entered Asia via launches in India, Singapore and the Philippines – three months after the site rolled into Canada and the UK. DesignCrowd is also keen on exploring new markets.

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Reflections of America this July 4th

Both Sides of the Table

In India in order to fill out paperwork to import IT equipment for when I opened our offices there in Pune, the form asked where my grandfather was from. Still, I’m proud to live in America. My dad’s from South America if you’re interested. He left in his early twenties to come to America for his med-school residency.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 14 – Planning– Major General Mike Fenzel

Steve Blank

India and the potential to cooperate more closely with United States to advance shared interests is a critical step to take. The timing is right, as you’ve watched some of the events unfold on the border between India and China. They’re in Africa, they’re in South America, they are globally represented.