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

Both Sides of the Table

Two weeks after Brad’s post I was at the 140 Conference in LA and I held open office hours for any entrepreneur who wanted to spend 15 minutes talking with a VC about their business. But it turns out I met a bunch of really interesting entrepreneurs. But TWTFelipe is an entrepreneur. He’s South African.

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Interview with Ilya Pozin, Cofounder of Pluto TV

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I started a web design company, and ended up going to college in Florida, but kept on running the company on the side. When I got to LA after I graduated from college in 2005, I pursued it full time, and we quickly grew that company to over $5M in revenues a year, without any kind of funding.

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Equity Compensation: A 6 Point Primer on Creative Service Fees

From the Venture Trenches

If you are considering a proposal from a wide-eyed entrepreneur who is looking to hire a design agency and is trying to preserve their cash here are six considerations to mull over before signing on for the job: 1. Charlie eventually sold those shares for $26 million when he left the business in 2005, which meant he earned $4.3

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Equity Compensation: A 6 Point Primer on Creative Service Fees

From the Venture Trenches

If you are considering a proposal from a wide-eyed entrepreneur who is looking to hire a design agency and is trying to preserve their cash here are six considerations to mull over before signing on for the job: 1. Charlie eventually sold those shares for $26 million when he left the business in 2005, which meant he earned $4.3

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