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500 fastest growing companies in the United States(inc.com)
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The man who exposed Facebook bug is receiving donations from other hackers.(timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
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by hpagey 13y ago
I m not sure if this will work. The cost per app goes down with each additional app. After about 10 apps the company typically has figured out and streamlined the entire process. The documentation requirements for the H1B applicant are pret
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by hpagey 13y ago
Were any of the founders, technical?
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Should Your Startup Persevere, Pivot, or Shut down?(forbes.com)
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by hpagey 13y ago
Not to nitpick, but I think you mean Bangladeshi Government not Bengali. I was confused when I read Bengali Government. For sec, I thought you were referencing to West Bengal government.
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by hpagey 13y ago
This is a great idea. It might work very well with seniors. Seniors sometimes ( or lot of times) get very lonely and need someone who can listen to them or talk to them.
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by hpagey 13y ago
"pay us in advance for developing a product that hasn't been market tested or validated" This is exactly what they are doing, by crowd funding it. They are essentially testing the market.
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by hpagey 13y ago
Thats what LCA is for. Not for you to decide, USCIS will decide it the candidate is displacing local talent. If they feel it is, H1b will be denied.
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by hpagey 13y ago
H1bs can be transferred easily. I have transferred it 2 times myself. Once your 140 is filed you can extend H1b 3 years at a time indefinitely until you obtain your GC. So, whats the risk that you talk about? Most of the H1bs that are denie
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by hpagey 13y ago
AirWatch was founded by Tech alumni. The company was bootstrapped for 8 years and recently raised a massive 200 M series A round (one of the largest ever rounds). Doctime is founded by Tech alumni. They are currently based in ATV. I know th
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by hpagey 13y ago
The primary reason of Stanford's success is the availability of high risk capital from local angels and VC firms. ATL has no such setup which prevents Tech's startup environment from being like Stanford's. It will remain so f
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US University asked to shutdown(timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
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by hpagey 13y ago
I would call it "Soft Bootstrapping". It is a very important distinction to make. I used to work for a company which was growing like crazy and were signing customers left and right. The company hadn't taken any external inve
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by hpagey 13y ago
That's the law. The reason is, you can be a passive investor in a company, similar to buying stock in a company. This is allowed on any type of visa including H1B. But, if you are taking an active role, you are working for your own com
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by hpagey 13y ago
Also, when a company exits, a bootstrapped founder might make more money than a VC-backed founder.
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by hpagey 13y ago
Yes, in US anyone can start a company, but the catch is, you can't work for it without proper work authorization. So, practically, this means you can't start a company if you are going to take an active operating role within the c
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by hpagey 13y ago
Our company was in a accelerator program based in Austin ( Capital factory) this Spring. After the program we were seriously considering moving to Austin. I am based in ATL and my co founder is based in Orlando. But, we decided against it.
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by hpagey 13y ago
This is amazing. My mom is on dialysis in India so I can appreciate the perspective of the person in the article. This guy is really gusty and much respect to him. In Mumbai where my mom stays, It costs 1500 Rs per session ( around 25$ per
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by hpagey 13y ago
Client certificates won't work well if you are trying to authenticated against services inside the corporate network (sharepoint, microsoft exchange, AD) and your connection passes through proxies such as Microsoft TMG. Your SSL connec
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by hpagey 13y ago
There are several companies in this space. I was a research lead for smartcard access project for iOS platforms. We had to perform two way handshake using the certificates on the smart card. The most difficult part was to get data signed by
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In 'golden age' of surveillance, US has big edge(timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
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by hpagey 13y ago
According to my understanding, for passport control flights, the airlines are heavily fined and have to bear the cost of return flight if a passenger is denied entry.
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by hpagey 13y ago
No it doesn't. It only matters if a student's spouse is an US Citizen. F1 is a non immigrant visa and student is not allowed to have an immigrant intent.A student can no longer prove non immigrant intent if you are married to USC
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by hpagey 13y ago
yea, I might faint if I look at it long enough.
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by hpagey 13y ago
We had launched a similar product couple of years back. Unfortunately, it failed miserably as we were unable to crack the chicken and egg problem. We were even featured on national TV.
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by hpagey 13y ago
Zoho was founded by Sridhar Vembu. Wiki entry here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sridhar_Vembu . He completed his Phd from Princeton and according to his various interviews was really frustrated by it and decided to start his company. He
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by hpagey 13y ago
I m sure,these 12 months were preceded by lot of hard work and sacrifices. Success doesn't happen overnight. It often arrives, when market timing meets intense preparations.
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by hpagey 13y ago
I was surprized that he created a LLC to run his wedding. Is this normal for high budget weddings ? What might be advantages of doing so? Just curious.
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by hpagey 13y ago
Just sent you a request.

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