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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.

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Election Postscript – That’s Pride Talking

Growthink Blog

Because for the first time in human history, true competition – the kind of competition that brought us the $300 computer, the electric car that goes 95 miles-per-hour, the $800 HD big-screen TV, and free overnight shipping on purchases as small as a few dollars, THAT kind of competition is coming to a government near you. Impractical?

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Entrepreneur-Friendly Policies (Finally) Showing Promise - But Leadership Required

Seeing Both Sides

What this means is that any economic development effort must be framed in the context of the following central question: how can the government help more young companies be formed, grow faster and achieve long-term success? Fortunately, there is a constructive policy conversation in this area on both sides of the political spectrum.

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

blog.expensify.com

It is clear that good software engineers avoid you. NOTE: Software engineers are engineers, “programmers” are what you use to control the central heating. Really skillful software engineers do not use.NET. And their open software engineer positions reflect that. Elaine Kenny.

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