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

Both Sides of the Table

Felipe grew up in Brazil. He came to the United States in 2001 to study Software Engineering at Auburn University. While he was waiting for the paperwork to be reviewed he moved to Boulder, Colorado and took a job with a local tech company there. We then moved our Chief Software Architect over. More red tape.

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Why The Future Of US High-Tech Is Bright

YoungUpstarts

Take software developers as an example. Coming up with an idea for a new piece of software, developing it, and testing it is expensive. Yet once the software is coded, it can be reproduced millions of times at virtually no cost. Thus they enjoy fewer benefits from having larger markets than the innovation industry.

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Paul Herdsman Of NICE Global: The Benefits Of Utilizing Nearshore Outsourcing For Your Business

YoungUpstarts

While traditional offshoring to Asia or Eastern Europe has always been lauded for its cheap labor, for companies that practice agile, or require better collaboration, communication, and a higher level of engagement, the advantages of nearshore software development are clear. What is the difference between offshoring and nearshoring?

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[Singapore] Location Based Marketing Association Launches Local Chapter

YoungUpstarts

According to a statement from LBMA , Singapore was chosen as its new Asia hub due to the country’s high smartphone penetration and rich cross-section of LBS players from retailers, agencies, advertisers and media buyers, to software and services providers and wireless companies.

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Announcing our summer intern class

David Teten

A bit belatedly (due to a backlog of blog postings), I wanted to announce ff Venture Capital ‘s summer intern class. He enjoys playing indoor/beach volleyball, writing Yelp reviews, and shamelessly spreading the gospel of comic books as a serious art form. We’re actively recruiting interns for the fall. Franklin Bi.

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How cold calling (properly) works better than AdWords

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Robert has been working in software since 2005. When I reviewed my notes from the early calls, I found I usually forgot to ask certain questions or I failed to collect information I really wanted to get. I’m Robert Graham and I’m an internet entrepreneur working on software for deer management. He is a Ph.D.

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Twitter Link Roundup #42 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Book Review: Delivering Happiness by @Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh – [link]. Book Review: Delivering Happiness by @Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh – [link]. Book Review: Delivering Happiness by @Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh – [link]. The Principles Of Cross-Browser CSS Coding – [link]. The Value of Ideas – [link].