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TechCrunch+ roundup: TAM takedown, green card layoffs, when to ignore investor advice

TechCrunch

As Rebecca Szkutak reported this week, SaaS startups that ignored this advice outperformed the ones that followed it. If someone offers you free business advice, it’s probably for their own benefit. In business, if someone’s offering you advice, it’s probably for their own benefit. Newbie in Newark.

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Dear Sophie: Marriage-based green card versus EB-1C green card?

TechCrunch

Here’s another edition of “Dear Sophie,” the advice column that answers immigration-related questions about working at technology companies. My company is sponsoring me for an EB-1C green card, but the process has been slow. I’m thinking about getting a green card through my spouse when we’re married. Take a listen!

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Five green flags for funders in your grant proposal

Candid

Last year, we shared our crowdsourced list of red flags that funders look for in grant proposals—the things that immediately reveal the weak points in an application and raise questions about the organization’s credibility. Not surprisingly, the question we got most in response to that article was: What are green flags for funders?

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Dear Sophie: Should we sponsor international hires for H-1B transfers and green cards? 

TechCrunch

Dear Sophie: Tell me more about the EB-1A extraordinary ability green card. Here’s another edition of “Dear Sophie,” the advice column that answers immigration-related questions about working at technology companies. They’re looking for H-1B transfers and green cards. Green card sponsorship as a benefit.

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Dear Sophie: Can I hire an engineer whose green card is being sponsored by another company?

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Dear Sophie: Should we sponsor international hires for H-1B transfers and green cards? . Here’s another edition of “Dear Sophie,” the advice column that answers immigration-related questions about working at technology companies. What happens to her green card process? The process for EB-2 green cards.

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Dear Sophie: When should I sponsor engineers for green cards?

TechCrunch

Here’s another edition of “Dear Sophie,” the advice column that answers immigration-related questions about working at technology companies. Dear Sophie, The engineers that we’re trying to recruit are increasingly requesting that we sponsor them for green cards. Can you give me a rundown of the green cards that are available?

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Dear Sophie: Questions about green cards and EB-2 priority dates

TechCrunch

Dear Sophie: How can we transfer a candidate’s H-1B and green card? Dear Sophie: Will a doctor get a green card faster than an engineer? Here’s another edition of “Dear Sophie,” the advice column that answers immigration-related questions about working at technology companies. More posts by this contributor.

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