Thanks for taking the time Peter! In case this question catches your eye on the weekend: Suppose, as an Indian citizen working in the US on an H1-B for a large

Thanks for taking the time Peter! In case this question catches your eye on the weekend: Suppose, as an Indian citizen working in the US on an H1-B for a large tech company, I want to start my own company, but don't plan on having funding soon. Would the path be to incorporate a company, get some people to serve as a board of directors for it, and then file a concurrent H1-B? If so, some questions: 1) Can the new startup, with a competent immigration lawyer, file a concurrent H1-B petition with sufficiently high chances of success? Or can the USCIS apply discretion to choose not to approve the petition since it's a tiny company? 2) The concurrent H1-B application wouldn't require me to go through the lottery again, right, since I've already gone through it for my primary one? 3) Is ceding control of the company as simple as electing people you trust to the board of directors, and giving them the power to hire and fire you? While still maintaining 100% ownership with a co-founder? Also, unrelated question: have you been seeing trends in the acceptance rates for L1A applications? I'm currently working outside the US for a large tech company as a Product Manager, and while I don't directly have people reporting to me, I do have executive-level responsibilities. PMs from my company previously had no trouble getting L1As, but I'm hearing rumors now of things getting harder and slower and more rejections happening on the basis of people not being "manager" enough with the new administration.