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

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TWTFelipe and everybody like him who want to start high-tech, green tech or other scientific companies in the US should be encouraged to do so. In 2006 we sold the company to a French services company. That means the established firms created no new net jobs during that period. But it wasn’t meant to be.

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Startups are the Place to Find and Use Baby Boomers

Startup Professionals Musings

The buzz from startup executives, especially high-tech ones, has long been that startups are no place for Baby-Boomers (1946-1964) – you must have the high energy and crazy determination to work 20-hour days to succeed. Customer service. Only the under-35 age group need apply. Angel investor.

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Boomers Lead and Drive the New Wave of Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

The buzz from startup executives, especially high-tech ones, has long been that startups are no place for Baby-Boomers (1946-1964) – you must have the high energy and crazy determination to work 20-hour days to succeed. Customer Service. Only the under-35 age group need apply. Angel Investor.

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Boomers are Looking for Another Bite at the Apple

Startup Professionals Musings

The buzz from startup executives, especially high-tech ones, has long been that startups are no place for Baby-Boomers (1946-1964) – you must have the high energy and crazy determination to work 20-hour days to succeed. Customer Service. Only the under-35 age group need apply. Angel Investor.

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What Can You Learn from the 4-Hour Workweek?

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It was recommended to me by my friend, Net Jacobsson , who was trying to do some basic Life Hacking. But Net had told me that he picked up some valuable lessons from the book, so I thought, “WTF? We were high tech at the very start of the boom. So I don’t read too many of them. Can’t hurt.&#.

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