We are arriving a bit late

Yes we are delayed. When we started out we were expecting the first iteration to be four weeks or so. But the little things surrounding the core functionality soon added up. The latest list of things includes features for moderation. If we are going to put it out there we need a way to ensure that evil people are kept out. The new date for feature complete is Nov 10. I tried to tell our code monkey that it is a bit ambitious, but he insists that it will be ready. I believe him.

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Startup Visa

There are many people around you who have great ideas, and given the opportunity can create successful companies that not only churn out great products but provide employment to many. But many of these bright individuals don’t start their own companies, not because they don’t want to, but because they are forbidden by law. These are immigrants from different parts of the world on employment visas residing in US. The visas rules expressly forbid them from starting their own business. Their revenue stream has to be tied to the employer that sponsors the visa.

There is a category of visa called EB-5 which is for immigrant investors. But it requires the entrepreneurs to invest $1 million of their own money. Since the cost of startups has gone down drastically and with the availability of venture funding, this rule makes little sense. A group of entrepreneurs are trying to change that.

“StartupVisa.com was created by Eric Ries, Dave McClure, and Shervin Pishevar to help raise awareness and change policy around the EB-5 visa, which enables investors from other countries to get a visa in exchange for starting a business in the US with $1M in investment capital and creating 10 US jobs (or $500K for economically targeted areas).”

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Fortune: 40 under 40

Today Fortune released the 40 under 40 list.

"Meet business's hottest young rising stars. They're innovators, value creators, and agents of change."

I was surprised by how young some of the familiar names in there are.

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Life = Risk

Here is a bit of inspiration if you are looking for some.

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Blogopyramid

Since the announcement that News Corp is set to start charging online customers for news content across all its websites, there have been plenty of rants on the blogosphere. But the more I read the more I realized that most blogs are a rehash of the newspaper articles. Then came the realization that the blogsphere is not really a sphere at all. It is an inverted pyramid. Here is my depiction of the “blogopyramid”.

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Startups that I stumbled on

Pixorial

Pixorial lets you easily edit your home movies online. You can upload your content from your own computer, or send old tapes to them and they'll upload them for you.

Zoodles

Zoodles is a free online browser with fun and educational games for your child!

Discountshuffle

Click the barcode above and Discountshuffle will automatically redirect you to a random online shop that has registered with us where you will be given a discount or rebate. It's really that simple.

debtspark

This tool, simpler than a spreadsheet, gives you a personal snapshot of monetary health. Banking and budget info not required; just a desire to see “the big picture.”

iSweat4

Far too many of us give up trying out new sports or carry on what we love due to 3 main reasons - Access to the right Information, finding like-minded people to share our experience with and finding local or visiting events to participate in. iSweat4 aiming to change that.

Plogger

Plogger is the next generation in open-source photo gallery systems. A web application not bloated with superfluous features or complicated configuration settings. Plogger is a simple yet powerful tool — everything you need to share your images with the world.

12designer.com

We bring together designers with great ideas and clients with interesting design projects. Thereby allowing designers to do what they do best - design! And the best win the contract. At the same time we aim to offer the best solution for the client.

iconpot.com

We only list icons which you can use for free on personal AND commercial projects AND without having to provide back-links/credit to the author.

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