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

Both Sides of the Table

“Staple green cards to the diplomas of foreign students who graduate from any U.S. TWTFelipe and everybody like him who want to start high-tech, green tech or other scientific companies in the US should be encouraged to do so. university in math or science&# (Thomas Friedman). TWTFelipe moved to Montreal, Canada. But I have some.

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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

thebarefootvc

2011 was finally the year when the media spotlight shone on how under-represented women are in almost all power structures in business, government, technology and media – and how crucial it is that we leverage the leadership skill set that they bring to the table to tackle the problems facing the world today.

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52 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I started a career in real estate in 2008 (when the market was crashing). Greene, Land Carroll & Blair PC ! #20 We use a patented, proprietary ingredient Floralux which is naturally derived from chlorophyll (the green stuff in plants). Floralux is what makes our Restore Gel green. Everyone thought I was crazy.

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Data Visualization Inspiration: Analysis To Insights To Action, Faster!

Occam's Razor

You start to see weird things like Russia and India are the same. This example is about the very sad reality of the Ebola epidemic and the sadder still inaction by governments (like ours). I'm sure that information like this played a key role in getting our government, and likely others, to jump and take action when they did.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

About the company and the CEO: “David Barrett founded Expensify in May 2008; Witold Stankiewicz joined him in August 2008, and together they launched an Alpha product at TechCrunch 50, taking home the “DemoPit 2nd Place” prize. Working for or started something in 2008 that may or may not make it.

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