Rick arrived last week. It was so great to meet him in person. After hours and days working via IM, having him here is a joy. He seems to be transitioning well, and his English is very good. I can …
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Wahoo!!! Rick was approved!!! Sure enough, it took seven months to prepare the necessary documentation, verifications of awards and letters of recommendations for the O-1 visa for the “extraOrdinarily” talented. Then within eight days, Rick was approved. I want to …
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Jared worked into the wee hours of the morning one night, and while waiting on the process, he became creative with post-its and gave me a flower garden. Within the next few days he used his laser cutter to create …
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I have to admit that despite all the doom and gloom of the current worldwide economy I have found a few pluses that I have enjoyed. First, over the last couple months I have noticed I can go to any restaurant (as well as many other businesses), even with a large group, and have almost no wait. I get seated almost immediately and the servers seem to care more about giving good service. In fact, good service seems to be more common everywhere. Somehow, in the height of the “good” economy people just didn’t seem as friendly or gracious as they do now…
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When it comes to bashing, I make a concerted effort to “. . . not say anything at all.” So I will simply say that we had a negative experience with our first immigration attorney, based here in Salt Lake …
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With all of the Registered Trademarks out there it is easy to take for granted how much effort and time go into getting the trademark approved. ThoughtLab applied for our trademark both on our name and logo somewhere around 3 or 4 years ago and we just recently were granted the right to use the ® symbol instead of ™…
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We applied for an H-1 visa, because we could argue that Rick had the equivalent of the required bachelor’s degree. The odds for receiving the H-1 visa weren’t good, since there were more than twice as many applicants as available …
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Deborah went out of town for the weekend on a nice little trip. Some of the team decided to stay a little late on Friday to leave her a nice welcome home present.
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My journey with Rick started last October.  Let’s define that ‘journey’ a little better…I stayed put and Rick has stayed put…this is not the smooth journey for which I was hoping. We placed an ad for a graphic designer and …
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