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Comment · 8 years ago
No, firing people is more expensive than rejecting them. And a lot of bias happening in the recruiting process are unconscious. So anonymous recruiting would prevent a lot those unconscious bias in the hiring process.
Comment · 8 years ago
And what makes it different for those people without anonymous recruiting?
Comment · 8 years ago
Why would someone do that if they know the faked degrees or qualifications won't pass the background check eventually? Just to get an onsite interview?
Comment · 8 years ago
there is no EB-visa, only EB green cards. But you need to get H1B first before you can jump through the EB hoops.
Comment · 8 years ago
Here is the official eligibility. Does make sense to set the bar high initially and loose it slowly afterwards.

Eligibility

-You graduated from a US university or participated in a US acceleration/incubation program, entrepreneurial boot-camp, etc.;

-Your company is underway in terms of incorporation, financing and corporate governance;

-Your company has been accepted as a member of the VDC; and

-You possess the necessary skill, experience and talent to qualify for an H-1B visa.

Comment · 8 years ago
According to the GEIR website, it only requires founders to spend 8 hours per week on university duties. One day a week does not sound to bad.
Comment · 8 years ago
So Amazon HQ2A and HQ2B?
Comment · 8 years ago
The issue here is people are forced to leave Bay Area or felt they are unable or not welcome to stay. So there is no free choice between the two.
Comment · 8 years ago
This article just refers to some firmware vulnerabilities from Apple back in 2015, which is nothing uncommon, and Apple had taken proper measures to mitigate that. Besides it has nothing to do with China's attack.
Comment · 8 years ago
This is bold and terrible idea. Affiliate programs encourage members to bring users, no matter through coupons or blog posts or other legit means. They have no idea if a user is coming because of a coupon or other reasons, how can they exclude this type of sites?

Besides, even if like you said a user is ready to buy something, there could be better coupons from rival retailers which bring the user to the site and look for the same product. Isn't this what a lot of retailers want? Using better coupons to bring users from competitors site?

There are many other scenarios, without considering those and just make the decision is really bad.

Comment · 8 years ago
It's called incognito mode.
Comment · 8 years ago
No, that's not true. A company may have been profitable for many years, but there is still risk of it becoming nonprofitable anytime in the future.
Comment · 8 years ago
Any example of what kind of companies have absolutely no risk of "not be able to generate sufficient revenue to achieve and maintain profitability"?
Comment · 8 years ago
Pretty common for tech companies, same like amazon IPO back in 1997, if that's what you meant "recently".

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