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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. While he was waiting for the paperwork to be reviewed he moved to Boulder, Colorado and took a job with a local tech company there. university in math or science&# (Thomas Friedman). So he decided to start his company in Canada. But I have some.

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Startup Visa Act 2013 Introduced By Udall (D-Colo) and Flake (R-Ariz)

Feld Thoughts

Today appears to be government day on Feld Thoughts. This morning I wrote about the Colorado PUC trying to shut down Uber in Colorado (bad). Obama: “Staple” green cards to advanced STEM diplomas. Now I get to write about Senators Mark Udall (D-Colo.) and Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) investors or revenue from U.S.

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Oppose HB 1192 – The “Software Tax”

VC Adventure

My longtime friend Marion Jenkins, CEO of IT consultant QSE Technologies wrote what I think is one of the most eloquent and well thought out rebuttals to the proposed Colorado “Software Tax” (HB 1192). My family and I have lived in Colorado (Centennial) for nearly 12 years. With his permission I’m posting it here in its entirety.

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How to Open a Marijuana Dispensary

Up and Running

We talked with two dispensary owners from pioneering states: Mitch Woolhiser, owner of Northern Lights Cannabis Company in Denver, Colorado, and Lincoln Fish, CEO of OutCo Labs, which manages the dispensary Outliers Collective in San Diego, California. The Green Solution: Wholesale medical marijuana supplier.

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What Is a Benefit Corporation?

Up and Running

Now, you can create a benefit corporation in: Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington D.C., with many more states in the pending legislation phase.

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How to Start a Farm: Your Complete Guide to Success

Up and Running

To supplement this guide, I interviewed two experienced farm hands: Gregory Heilers, previously an assistant farm manager, and Dr. Cindy Jones, the owner of Colorado Aromatics, a small herb farm in Colorado. About eight years ago, she and her husband decided to start a small herb farm in their home state of Colorado.

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State of Colorado COVID-19 Innovation Response Team, Part IV – Replacing Myself, Days 7-9

OnlyOnce

(This is the fourth post in a series documenting the work I did in Colorado on the Governor’s COVID-19 Innovation Response Team – IRT. Stay tuned for more tomorrow… The post State of Colorado COVID-19 Innovation Response Team, Part IV – Replacing Myself, Days 7-9 appeared first on Only Once. Monday, March 23, Day 7.