July 2011
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NYC Supports Immigrant Founders through THRIVE... →
NYCEDC, Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation, And Baruch College Launch Competition THRIVE, A Business Plan Competition to Help Reach Immigrant Ventures And Entrepreneurs
“New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation, and Baruch College today launched the Competition To Help Reach Immigrant Ventures and Entrepreneurs (THRIVE). The purpose of...
April 2011
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President Obama Supports Visas for Job-Creating...
Yesterday at Facebook, President Obama had this to say about foreign entrepreneurs:
“If we’ve got smart people who want to come here and start businesses and are PhDs in math and science and computer science, why don’t we want them to say? I mean, why would we want to send them someplace else?
So those are potential job creators. Those are job generators. I think about somebody like an Andy Grove...
Thank @SenBennetCO
Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado became the Startup Visa’s fifth Senate supporter on 8 April 11. Thank him for his support by sending a #startup visa tweet!
March 2011
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Rep. Maloney introduces StartUp Visa bill in House...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) today introduced legislation, “The StartUp Visa Act of 2011,” H.R. 1114, to encourage innovation and economic growth by permitting immigrant entrepreneurs greater access to temporary U.S. visas. The bill matches legislation introduced this week by Senators John Kerry, Richard Lugar, and Mark Udall in the Senate. “The entrepreneurial spirit among...
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WSJ: #StartupVisa bill reintroduced →
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Startup Visa has a bill number: S.565
Support the Startup Visa bill at startupvisa.com or one of the links at the bottom of the post.
Senate Process: The Startup Visa Act has been introduced to the Senate, which is called being “read twice,” in the bill’s status on THOMAS. The bill was then sent to the Judiciary Committee, which oversees Immigration issues, which the Startup Visa is classified under. Once the...
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Startup Visa bill reintroduced by Senators Kerry,...
From the Press Release:
Senators John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Senator Mark Udall (D-Colo.), today reintroduced legislation to drive job creation and increase America’s global competiveness by helping immigrant entrepreneurs secure visas to the United States. Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney...
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#StartupVisa trending in SF
Keep supporting the Startup Visa movement by tweeting and RT #StartupVisa :)
Our goal is to hit trending in DC next for any DC followers!
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Support the new Startup Visa bill in Congress
It’s time to reboot the push for#startupvisa. Text “STARTUPVISA” to 894546 to send your support to Congress. Let’s tweet this one out, folks!
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Startup Stories: Apply in the Sky @NancyPelosi
Apply in the Sky is a San Francisco-based startup that provides a web platform to help people navigate important transitions in career and education. Co-founded by Italian Chiara Piccinotti and American Emily Chiu, they have already made their first hire, in developer and technical lead Ryan Kaminsky.
Unfortunately, while the team is headquartered in SF, out of the SOMA...
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Explaining the Startup Visa
The Startup Visa is:
A 2-year visa for immigrant founders who have raised at least $250k or $100k per founder for their startup
A green card after two years if the startup has at least: $1M in revenue, $1M in investor funding, or has hired 5 or more employees
Who is this useful for? Companies started by:
Students in American universities on F visas
Open-source contributers who have never met...
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Startup Story: Browserling @RepBarbaraLee
Here’s a startup story about Browserling, showing how passing the Startup Visa, will secure the job of at least James, one of the founders, and encouraging the growth of a company that will surely be hiring in the not-so-distant future.
Browserling lets users test their websites in a controlled environment as seen from different web browsers. Founded by Oakland resident James Halliday and...