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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. He started another company on the side while he was working during the day at a technology company. As a technologist he felt the US was “ground zero&# for technology innovation.

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You Are Never Too Old (or Too Successful) For A Mentor

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The Founder was kind enough to mentor me for several years, allowing me to experience all the roles involved in running a software company, including: sales, marketing, support and product development. Fast forward twenty years, a couple IPOs and two multi-hundred million dollar trade sales later, and I remained mentorless.

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The Impact Matrix: Prioritize Your 2013 Initiatives Using This Startup Ninja Tool

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Resources Required – At high-tech startups, required resources include developers’ time and the opportunity cost associated with alternative uses of the developers’ 12-hour workdays. Due to the high-drama endemic in a startup organization, it can be challenging to evaluate opportunities in a systematic and dispassionate manner.

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

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We as a country are suffering from what is known as “ structural unemployment &# where jobs have disappeared from certain segments forever due to technological or structural obsolescence. The housing market is not recovered : Sales in existing homes in the US fell 27.2% Tags: Startup Advice Tech Market Analysis.

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Intellectual Property – Worthless To A Startup, Priceless To A Big Dumb Company

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“Good Lord Boyet, my beauty, though but mean, Needs not the painted flourish of your praise: Beauty is bought by judgment of the eye, Not uttered by base sale of chapmen’s tongues” . One is obvious, without protection, such IP might prove to be of little worth, as other companies can mimic the technology without recourse.

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Reflections on 2020: Nick Hedges, MomentFeed

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Every year, we feature the year end reflections of founders, CEOs, investors, and others in Southern California's high tech community. It's been a tough year for many due to the pandemic; how have you or your company adapted to the business environment? ,p> We'll be posting these throughout the next two weeks.

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What Can You Learn from the 4-Hour Workweek?

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If you’re not familiar with the term it’s basically trying to help all of us who are deluged with technology to find ways to cope with the masses of information without having it ruin our lives. We were high tech at the very start of the boom. Let me start by saying I’m a huge business book cynic.

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