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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. In 2005 he was graduated and took a job in South Carolina working for technology company while he started his own web design company on the side. university in math or science&# (Thomas Friedman). He spent a bunch of this time in Canada.

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How will you ride the next wave?

Berkonomics

The mobile web will become what desktop Internet became in the 1990’s – the standard platform for anyone doing business. Mobile workers are quickly overtaking the fixed desk worker and long-distance traveler. Mobile commerce is up 552% in one year (measuring cyber-Mondays).

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US Immigration Fails Entrepreneurs Again

Feld Thoughts

If you care about this issue, I once again refer you to to Vivek Wadhwa’s excellent book called The Immigrant Exodus: Why America Is Losing the Global Race to Capture Entrepreneurial Talent. It seems to be getting worse, not better, which just sucks.

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Sustainable Design Can Help Your Small Business and Improve the Environment

crowdSPRING Blog

Sustainable business , or a green business , is a business that strives to create the smallest amount of impact on the environment as possible. There are three areas where your business can significantly impact sustainability: product packaging design, brand identity, and web design. Choose green materials. Bubble wrap.

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Book: Where The Jobs Are

Feld Thoughts

While The Center For American Entrepreneurship website has a series of pages describing the issues and solutions to them , I didn’t find a crisp summary of the book on the web. Launch an Education Reform Dialogue Among America’s Educators. Award “Graduation” Green Cards. They follow. Negotiate a U.S.-China

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Chile’s pollution problems has led to green startups

The Next Web

This is especially true of its tech, an industry where Santiago’s innovations aren’t just making waves in South America, but are attracting some serious global attention. Santiago on an unusually smogless morning.Creative… This story continues at The Next Web. And the best thing about Santiago’s tech?

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

The Next Web

However there’s very little clarity within the tech sector about what exactly is broken – and what should be changed to help companies other than Facebook, IBM, and others grow, and for America to attract and retain real immigrant talent. A green card. Our system invites the smartest minds from around the world to come to the U.S.