Spoilt for Choice - Springboard, UK based startup incubator

http://springboard.com/spoilt-for-choice/

by ggordan • 15 years ago

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ig1• 15 years ago

It's interesting that they're disclosing numbers, almost none of the other seed accelerator funds disclose how many applicants they've got.

rlmw• 15 years ago

Its not a bad idea though. Its only been the last few years where people have been blogging about their business' finances, this is a similar kind of change to my mind.

mattsouth2• 15 years ago

Is it just me, or is "CIS" and unusual geographic region?

mattsouth2• 15 years ago

Guess I should have, like, just done a search: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Independent_Sta...

mbesto2• 15 years ago

Interesting to see some US in there! How can they legally work in the UK? UK immigration is a mess right now [1]. I would know, I barely got in on my Tier 1 - which no longer exists [2][3].

[1] http://www.economist.com/node/17581736?fsrc=scn/fb/wl/ar/the...

[2] http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/en/howtoapply/infs/inf21pbsgeneral...

[3] http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/en/aboutus/newsroom/?view=News&...

pclark• 15 years ago

if it's only for 3 months, why wouldn't you just lie and say you're a tourist?

goatforce52• 15 years ago

Because if they find out you're lying (or, indeed, suspect you're lying) and deny you entry, you'll forevermore have trouble getting in to the UK.

Place I worked at during the late 90's had the UK immigration folks turn up and tell a US citizen on a tourist visa to get out of the country. He was working illegally on a tourist visa while he was waiting for his work visa to be approved. Suffice to say the work visa never got approved after that.

mbesto2• 15 years ago

IIRC, if you get caught you're banned from entering the country for 10 years. Not worth it.

Spoilt for Choice - Springboard, UK based startup incubator

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