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Why the Former President of Nickelodeon Joined mitú as CEO.

Both Sides of the Table

We = my father is from Colombia, South America, immigrated to the U.S. legally for medical school, served in the Air Force and then was a productive, tax-paying contributor for nearly 40 years. Or how about your biggest gains in beauty products? His son then went on to raise more than $1.1 billion to finance US startups.)

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Startup Map & Trends Analysis – September 2012

Gust

Other countries with a surge in new companies are Colombia, Australia, and Spain. Within the US, California significantly led the startup scene, while New York, Florida, and Texas followed closely behind in subsequent order and remained in the same top places as August.

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Meet our Startup Chica Committee Members

Austin Startup

Paulina Cabrera, Operation Coordinator for Solar Winds and Latinitas Volunteer Paulina Cabrera Paulina Cabrera grew up in Arlington, TX, but had the wonderful experience of living in Neiva, Colombia from 1997 to 2000. Paulina speaks both English and Spanish fluently due to being in primary and grade schools in both Colombia and the U.S.

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Why Immigration and The Fourth of July are so Entwined

Both Sides of the Table

We all came from different economic means by relatives willing to risk their lives and their livelihoods to stake out a new beginning in a foreign land that was often not immediately welcoming to people who were “different.” They arrived through New York and eventually found their way to St. We’re human.

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This Weekend

Startup Lessons Learned

Product management and customer development, KISSmetrics. jesskah UltraLean: Building Products Without a Dev Team Sandeep Sood. For some of my thoughts on Lean Startup Machine, see A month is fifteen weekends and The real entrepreneurs of New York City. Also: booze. Co-founder, Backblaze. Co-founder, Polyvore.

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

The next step was to then search the New York State business database to see if anyone else was using these names. We chose Stellar Villa since it's a broad name that would allow us to sell art but also other home related products should we ever decide to. 17- A name that identified with our product. Inkandescent Inc.

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