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Courtney Creedon: Immigration Journalism (Ep. 24)

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In this episode we talk to Courtney Creedon (editor of EB5 Investors Magazine) on Immigration Journalism

 

 

Courtney CreedonCourtney Creedon is the editor of EB5 Investors Magazine and an editor of The EB-5 Handbook. There she works with EB-5 service providers, developers, and legislators to publish peer-reviewed articles on the EB-5 industry. Courtney holds a degree in international relations from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and has worked with immigrant communities in Washington, DC, Copenhagen, Denmark and Orange County, CA.

 

In this episode you will hear:

  • How Courtney went from working with asylum seekers to high net worth immigrant investors
  • We she similar thoughts on immigration diversity
  • Her role with EB-5 Investors Magazine
  • I dubbed the EB-5 Investors Magazine a ‘full spectrum experience’ because it covers:
    • Profiles of Industry experts
    • Investment Immigration Stories
    • EB-5 Resources
    • Light reading stories
    • In depth technical pieces
  • The process of article selection and magazine creation
  • A candid comparison of print media and online media
  • The new EB-5 Handbook and how that came together
  • Which is better: Indirect or direct job creation.
  • Guidelines on how lawyers and investors can review projects themselves.

Courtney also shares with us:

  • Personal Success Habit: Maintain strong relationships with those you collaborate with
  • Parting Thoughts: Those interested in EB-5 should ‘do the homework’

Links to the resources we covered:

Joseph Rosen: The History of US Immigration – July 4th Special! (Ep. 12)

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In this special July 4th episode we talk to Immigration Attorney Joseph Rosen on the History of US Immigration

Joseph RosenJoseph Rosen is the managing attorney for Joseph H. Rosen, Immigration Law Group.  Mr. Rosen began practicing Immigration Law in June 2011 after retiring from the US Government where he spent 20 years as a Special Agent for the FBI and US Customs.  His law enforcement career includes 10 years of working on or near the US / Mexico border.  He teaches immigration law, as an adjunct professor, at Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School and is a Clinical Director at the AJMLS Immigration Clinic located at Catholic Charities Atlanta.

 

In this episode you will hear:

  • His view on the security of the US / Mexican boarder
  • How discrimination has driven Immigration law development
  • Chinese Exclusion acts
  • How Congress developed power over immigration (and what the courts can and can’t do)
  • Other interesting turning points in US Immigration 
  • Where Immigration may be heading in the near future

 

Joe also shares with us:

  • Business Advice: Treat your clients well and be responsive
  • His personal habits that attributes to his success: Working hard and perseverance
  • Parting Thoughts: Immigrants often display the highest degree of US Nationalism

 

Bonus content:

  • A short excerpt from President Obama’s announcement to take executive action on Immigration
  • “The Star-Spangled Banner” by Chase Holfelder

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Josh Adams: Immigration iOS app for INA, CFR, Practice Manuals and more (Ep. 11)

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In this episode we talk to Immigration Attorney Josh Adams about the Immigration iOS app he developed for INA, CFR, Practice Manuals and more.

 

Josh AdamsJosh grew up in New England. At age 9, he began creating computer software.  During Josh’s undergraduate studies at Dartmouth College, he studied computer science but majored in anthropology.  After college, Josh worked as a software engineer for five years and through a series of leveraged opportunities and continuous development, he later became an immigration attorney.  Based on his experience as both an immigration lawyer and software developer, Josh created an iPhone/iPad app for specifically immigration lawyers.

 

In this episode you will hear:

  • Details about his Immigration iOS app download here
  • His path to software development
  • Why he created the iOS app for the immigration community
  • How the App can browse the INA, CFR and various Practice manuals
  • It’s ability to search, cross reference, bookmark and paste
  • How his cat plays and an important part of his marketing (Kidding.. kinda)

Resources discussed on this episode:

 

Josh also shares with us:

  • The best advice he has ever received:  A previous manager encouraged him to go to law school
  • His personal habits that attributes to his success: Persistence (i.e. how 150 hours pays off)
  • Parting Thoughts:  He listens to and incorporates feedback from his app users.  Feel free to reach out to him to make it better.

Phillip Yadidian: Immigration Case Management with eImmigration (Ep. 5)

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In this episode we talk to Phillip Yadidian on Immigration Case Management with eImmigration

 

Phillip YadidianAfter graduating from UCLA in 1984, Phillip started his career with Teradyne where he was responsible for the design and implementation of the operating environment for VLSI test systems. His software engineering career continued at Locus Corporation, where he participated in the development of AIX operating system. In 1992, Phillip partnered with Behdad Payami and launched Cerenade. Currently, Mr. Yadidian is serving as President and CTO for Cerenade.

 

In this episode you will hear:

  • His personal immigration story
  • A description of Immigration Case and Practice Management (forms, reporting modules, cloud integration, etc)
  • What Cerenade’s solution to this space provides through eImmigration
  • How they pivoted about 8 years ago and redesigned their solution from the ground up
  • His excitement about upcoming features and function about to be released

Phillip shares with us:

  • Business Advice: Don’t give up
  • His personal habits that he attributes to his success: Be persistent, work hard, have good people and empower them
  • Parting Thoughts: If you are considering an investment in an immigration case management system or are considering switching, checkout Cerenade’s eImmigration