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

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I’ve been meaning to write this post since September of last year when Brad Feld first wrote about the The Founders Visa Movement. TWTFelipe is the founder of TWTApps , who had developed some really cool add-on applications for Twitter to extend its functionality. university in math or science&# (Thomas Friedman).

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5 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

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Today HuffPo is one of the most well-read and well respected online media outlets but when she started it in 2005 she had lots critics who dismissed her unpaid bloggers and editorial content. I feel like I’ve heard the story 3-4 times on different podcasts over the years, but I love the story of Flickr and Slack. 3-Tomas Gorny.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

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I recently spoke at the Founder Showcase at the request of Adeo Ressi. I said that at the Founder Showcase, too. And for many of these they were (over) funded 7-10 years ago and don’t necessarily all represent great returns for investors or founders. some founders lose their life savings. source: Capital IQ.

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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

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I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. Another called Parker Harris, the co-founder and CTO. I have raised capital 3 times before so I knew the drill. 3 billion industry. Page 3: Competition. I had kept a personal blog for more than a year and was new at keeping a professional blog.

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Meet Manu Kumar, Chief Firestarter at K9 Ventures

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Manu Kumar is Founder and Chief Firestarter at K9 Ventures. Kumar was the Founder, President and CEO of SneakerLabs, a company which developed software and services for web-based customer interaction. In late 2000, early 2001 I started my second company to test whether I can build a successful company again.

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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #17: On failure and resilience

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Bob Fabbio was the founder and CEO of eRelevance and he was the man in the arena here?—?and For all of us Austin fans, I’m talking about Cotter Cunningham, the founder and CEO of RetailMeNot. We all know the famous story of Apple, which at one point kicked out its co-founder and CEO, Steve Jobs. But I digress?—?this or break?—?the

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Should Founders Be Allowed to Take Money off the Table?

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If a company has reached a level of success, has been around for a few years and you believe the company has potential to break out into a much bigger company then you should let the founders take money off of the table. He’s been at it since 2005. I think it breaks for most people after 3-4 years.

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