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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. When he had finished the program the US wanted more doctors due to the Vietnam War. While many doctors went to Vietnam my father was a pediatrician and they needed those in the US.

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A Crash Course In Startup Labs: What Every Tech Entrepreneur Needs To Know

YoungUpstarts

There has been a noticeable growth and expansion of Startup Labs in Southeast Asia in countries such as Vietnam, Philippines, and Singapore. There are various options a startup can consider when beginning a project, ranging from incubators to accelerators to web development and branding agencies.

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These Are The Most Exciting FinTechs To Emerge In Southeast Asia

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The countries are Singapore (490 FinTechs), Indonesia (262 FinTechs), Malaysia (196 FinTechs), Thailand (128 FinTechs), Philippines (115 FinTechs), and Vietnam (77 FinTechs). Quoine is a cryptocurrency company based in Singapore, with operations in Vietnam and Japan. million customers in Vietnam. Singapore Life (Singlife).

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Survival Tips From A Seasoned Digital Nomad Who Made It Out The Other Side

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For example, in Thailand you can do a VISA run in one day then return, whereas in Vietnam they are strict with their one month policy. Martin Hunter took 12-months off work to travel the world with his wife Jinky in a journey which stretched into 5 years, founding a successful Philippines-based web design company from scratch.

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Is Loneliness a Side Effect of Working Remotely?

Transformify

The team here at Resume Genius uses various web-based tools to set deadlines and track progress. I recently spent 2 weeks of combined PTO and remote work in Vietnam, working from an inexpensive ($5 a day!) Is it easier or harder to manage remote teams ? coworking space in Saigon.

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Remittance Cash Pickup Not Possible During Lockdown? There’s Another Way.

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These include the Ria website, the mobile web, as well as the Ria mobile app. Ria will also continue to provide cash home delivery services in Armenia, the Dominican Republic, Hungary, Morocco, Nicaragua, Peru, the Philippines, and Vietnam. Sending digital remittances.

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[Asia] Small Businesses Look To The Internet For Growth Opportunities

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Many SMEs also reported an average of 13% improvement in productivity from using web technologies such as Google Apps. In Vietnam, a 2011 McKinsey survey revealed that Vietnamese SMEs reported a 19.3% increase in productivity from using web technologies.

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