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

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In 2005 he was graduated and took a job in South Carolina working for technology company while he started his own web design company on the side. So I asked our COO, Stuart Lander (a Brit) to set up operations for us. I hope that didn’t have a stature of limitation! Felipe grew up in Brazil.

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Sam Mustafa’s Tips for Obtaining “Regulars” in the Restaurant Business

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Experienced restaurateur Sam Mustafa from Charleston, South Carolina shares his tips and tricks for new restaurant owners who want to attract regular customers. Remember their Names. Everyone likes to feel like they are in an establishment “where everybody knows their name” and about their personal likes and dislikes.

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How to Choose a Business Location

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Zoning laws and setting up shop: In terms of where you can legally operate your business, you should consider local zoning regulations and ordinances. If you’re operating a business out of your own home, many of the same zoning laws will apply to you. He wanted to stay rooted in his community in South Carolina. “My

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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NAME Comcast. NAME Verizon Communications. NAME Yahoo. NAME Shikhar Ghosh. NAME Toby Stuart. NAME Daniel Dreymann. NAME Charles Holloway. NAME David Cowan. Domain Name/Basic Site. North Carolina. South Carolina. South Dakota. North Carolina. New Jersey.

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The 50 Best Blogs By Business Professors

YoungUpstarts

Then head over to this blog for some great reading on all things financial from David Albrecht, a professor at the University of South Carolina-Upstate. The Operations Room. The modern business simply can’t operate without technology. Can’t get enough of accounting? Greg Mankiw’s Blog. Brad DeLong. Building Strong Brands.

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11 Brilliant Businesswomen Who Were Way Ahead Of Their Time

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It would soon become one of the biggest cash crops in the province of South Carolina, second only to rice. In 1775, she became the first woman to have a paper published under her name and would serve as the chief editor for the Maryland Journal in the early stages of the American Revolution. Mary Dixon Kies. Nellie Cashman.

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Top Social Media Measurement and Tracking Tools

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T ool: Curalate URL: Curalate.com What it does: Monitors and measures traffic from “visual-based platforms”—namely (for now, at least) Pinterest. First Name. Company Name. * Operations. North Carolina. South Carolina. South Dakota. North Carolina. South Carolina.