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Visas on hold: What’s next for international entrepreneurs?

In the midst of the pandemic, many foreign entrepreneurs have been experiencing visa application delays. The situation is improving, but the U.S. approach to immigration could become far more punitive.

“In the US, people expect you to be confident”: Irish entrepreneur Feargal O’Sullivan talks the art of sales

Feargal O’Sullivan runs an outsourcing sales firm focused on international fintech startups. Early this year, his company, USAM Group, hit the five-year mark. Since launching, O’Sullivan has matched hundreds of US financial institutions with dozens of new tech solutions.

How Chloe Vichot founded Fresh Bowl, bringing fresh vending machines across NYC.

In 2019, Chloe Vichot’s restaurant Ancolie evolved into Fresh Bowl, a tech startup. While Ancolie sold sustainable lunches served in mason jars, her new startup plans to set up 100 fresh vending machines in the following year.

From 9/11 to the pandemic: Italian restaurateur on feeding New Yorkers through the city’s most dramatic events

Sebastiano Cappitta has seen it all — celebrities, 9/11, city-wide blackouts. He moved to New York from Malta, created a restaurant empire, and sold almost all of it shortly before the pandemic. His remaining venue is now delivering free meals to healthcare workers.

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Visas on hold: What’s next for international entrepreneurs?

“In the US, people expect you to be confident”: Irish entrepreneur Feargal O’Sullivan talks the art of sales

How Chloe Vichot founded Fresh Bowl, bringing fresh vending machines across NYC.

From 9/11 to the pandemic: Italian restaurateur on feeding New Yorkers through the city’s most dramatic events

Could coronavirus create opportunities for smaller brands? African fashion pioneer Camilla Barungi thinks so.

The coronavirus is showing us which entrepreneurs matter

55 federal, state and nonprofit relief efforts and funds to help you through the coronavirus pandemic

Coronavirus could ‘decimate’ Latino wealth, which was hammered by the Great Recession

Sell your startup to Google: 5 tips for international startups in the U.S.

3 things startups can do to survive the economic fallout of COVID-19

This entrepreneur built tent floors after hurricane Katrina. Now he’s building a pop-up coronavirus hospital

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