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Five Startup Tips From Bill Gates

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"The best way to prepare [to be a programmer] is to write programs, and to study great programs that other people have written. Microsoft was one of the first successful high-tech companies to not distribute its profits to shareholders. One Of The Most Important Startup Skills. "The " [Tweet this quote].

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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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If You Don’t Define Your Personal Brand the Market Will

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This started as a post in which I was going to write out tips to personal branding and became in stead an essay of my own branding journey. Every time I approached Network Solutions (or any technical group in Accenture) they wrote me off as “a business guy” since I studied economics and was on the Accenture “business track.”

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What Can You Learn from the 4-Hour Workweek?

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Want to take a year pursuing your dream to write a screenplay, travel through Asia, run a triathlon or start your own fashion line? We were high tech at the very start of the boom. If you always planned to study a second language – START! If not now, then when? I learned much and had great experiences.

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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. This has been especially true for angels or seed investors as there is a new thesis that less capital is needed to start Internet companies so more money is being spent at this phase of the funding lifecycle.