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

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I’ve been meaning to write this post since September of last year when Brad Feld first wrote about the The Founders Visa Movement. I commented briefly on his blog and made a mental note to write a blog post. At the time he granted me permission to write about his story. Felipe grew up in Brazil. But I have some.

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US Economic Risks (Sept 2010): Impact on Investors & Entrepreneurs

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VCs have also gone back to writing checks because as an industry we can’t be seen as “sitting on the sidelines” for years at a time. The spending contraction is inevitable in a period of declining real prices of housing, high unemployment and tightening credit. VCs get paid to “put money to work.&#.