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

Both Sides of the Table

By 2006 he had received proper authorization to move back to the US to join a company in the town I grew up in: Sacramento, California. So I asked our COO, Stuart Lander (a Brit) to set up operations for us. He made some mistakes on his immigration paperwork so he was forced to leave the country for 8 months.

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Here is Why Non-Obvious Startup Ideas Can Yield the Largest Results

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It’s not just big in Dallas but in San Diego, Phoenix and Sacramento but also Boston, Chicago, Washington and of course San Francisco. How do people feel about MakeSpace after less than 18 months operational in NYC? Many, many markets use storage and in totally different use-cases than you’d imagine. ” Ha.

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The Secret Sauce For Smarter Marketing Execution

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Smart Execution is the secret sauce of the growth and marketing operating system Clare Price has created that has helped so many businesses achieve clarity, confidence, and control of all their marketing functions. The answer: Smart execution. Questions I ask Clare Price: [1:26] What is your backstory and entrepreneurial journey?

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What’s the Difference Between Small Business and Large Enterprise SEO?

Duct Tape Marketing

If you think about the way you type out your own online searches with more natural and longer phrases like “kids clothes in Sacramento”, that’s how you’d approach creating a long-tail keyword for your business’s site. When he is not writing he operates the Dailyhosting blog. That’s why long-tail keywords are more effective.

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Meet the Grand Prize Entrepreneurs of the BEC Boost

Up and Running

She sells her products in 11 stores and two restaurants in and around Oregon House, California, where Freja’s Foods currently operates. Freja Nelson’s been in business for 18 months, making a completely vegan, organic and soy-free alternative to meat called VegiMeat. From left to right: Ken Freeman, Freja Nelson and Mike Roessler.

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New Year, New & Improved NextView Accelerator

View from Seed

We wholeheartedly believe in the potential of each company we select; the smaller batch size allows the NextView partners, who possess deep operating and founding experiences at companies like LinkedIn, PayPal, eBay, and Blue Apron, the space to spend meaningful one-on-one time with each founder every single week. Who We Are.

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Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Dalla Terra Winery

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Dalla Terra means “of the earth” in Italian, and since it is a small, family owned operation it seems like a pretty fitting name. This week’s Small Business Spotlight is a Napa Valley winery called Dalla Terra. The winery was supposed to just be a hobby and suddenly became a well respected establishment.

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