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Whose Life are You Going to Change?

Both Sides of the Table

I started blogging because Brad Feld blogged. It turned into this blog. The Europe goal was shaped by three random things: My father is from South America and his native language is Spanish (although his father was from Romania and escaped oppression there). His term sheet series helped me at a time when I needed help.

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12 Questions: Meet Emanuel H?rd?u? (Transylvania, Romania)

crowdSPRING Blog

In our 12 Questions blog series, we feature interviews with someone from the crowdSPRING community. For these interviews, we pick people who add value to our community – in the blog, in the forums, in the projects. Emanuel lives and works in Cluj-Napoca (Transylvania), Romania. My name is Emanuel H?rd?u?, umesc, Emanuel!

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Out of the Crisis #6, helpwithcovid.com

Startup Lessons Learned

Highlights from the show Radu on his background and what he was doing before HelpWithCovid.com (2:53) Radu on being a builder and his experiences with YCombinator (4:04) Radu's quarantine life and his parents quarantine life in Romania. (5:45) My name is Radu Spineanu. Eric Ries : You're originally from Romania, right?

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

Both Sides of the Table

I commented briefly on his blog and made a mental note to write a blog post. Again, much red tape even though David grew up in the US (he had since moved to Europe and married a wonderful woman from Romania). Eventually he got paperwork to do so, but it was ridiculously long and riddled with red tape. More red tape.

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12 Questions: Meet Mircea Constantinescu (Romania)

crowdSPRING Blog

In our 12 Questions blog series, we feature interviews with someone from the crowdSPRING community. For these interviews, we pick people who add value to our community – in the blog, in the forums, in the projects. Mircea lives and works in Bucharest, Romania. Plainly – activities that make crowdSPRING a better community.

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Freelancing is the new normal: oDesk and the future of the workforce marketplace

The Next Web

In conversations about freelancing and online marketplaces for remote contract workers of the tech industry, the name of oDesk floats up pretty often. Among other fastest-growing client countries one can also find Latvia, Pakistan, Romania, Lithuania, and Malaysia. million jobs.

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

Both Sides of the Table

His father came from Romania. So my family is Jewish and very typical immigration story – his father left Romania at 19, had to get a fake passport in order to get out of the country, left and never went back, and left in the middle of winter and got frostbite. .” He grew up in Colombia, South America. Where do you start?

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