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

Both Sides of the Table

Felipe grew up in Brazil. He came to the United States in 2001 to study Software Engineering at Auburn University. I wanted several of the software engineers to join me at our next startup but their employment was tied to BuildOnline. At the time he granted me permission to write about his story. Irony, hey?).

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Remote Work in the Time of COVID-19

ReadWriteStart

Zoom, Slack, Trello, Jira, and Microsoft teams – are all suddenly household names. From my perspective, as someone that runs a company specializing in hiring high-quality remote engineers, matching people with opportunities, and managing remote teams, there are three key drivers. Or the Harvard of Brazil? The answer is obvious.

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“Visibility” — A Powerful Lesson on DACA and The American Dream from @LeonKrauze

Both Sides of the Table

It is not sufficient for well-meaning people in the administration to stand by and allow racism to emanate from the White House in the name of getting tax cuts or lower regulations. A special shout out to my pal, Mauricio Mota , on the left below who is also an immigrant from Brazil. education: bi-cultural, bi-national and bi-lingual.

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London Calling

Startup Lessons Learned

Its only flaw is its name. Roberts Engineering Building University College London Torrington Place (@ Malet Place) WC1E 6BT London Monday, January 16- London England Business Leaders Network Event At 6pm I’ll take the stage to talk about the ideas behind The Lean Startup and what it means to apply those ideas in practice.

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How to Hire for Sweat Equity…

www.drowningamerican.com

Build a team – we have plans to hire at a minimum 2 more engineers once funded with many more to follow and you will be hand selecting your team. Travis, thanks for the post (reading it and learning down here in Brazil – will do the same). . Quick question: How did you decide on 3-5% equity for the first engineer hire?

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12 Questions: Meet Dylan Barmmer (USA)

crowdSPRING Blog

I was named after the poet Dylan Thomas, and my mother has worked as a librarian for many years (she still does in the Miami-Dade County Public Library System). I also wrote a TV spot for a Brazil-based text messaging/chat client called blah! I get great inspiration from the ocean, and connect with it daily. Come spring into life.

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How can startups engage with Google?

VC Cafe

Typically invest in series C and above, notable portfolio companies include Stripe, Lyft, Robinhood, UI Path, Snap, Duolingo and many more household names. Regional Google for startups accelerators (Africa, Brazil, India, etc.) Another big commercial area is Google Cloud for startups.