No visa exists for scrappy founders without their own money. You need an employer to qualify for H1-B or EB-2. You need $500k to qualify for EB-5. You need $50k

No visa exists for scrappy founders without their own money. You need an employer to qualify for H1-B or EB-2. You need $500k to qualify for EB-5. You need $50k and be from a 'treaty nation' to qualify for E-2. American-educated immigrants get kicked out and start companies in their home countries or H1-B and work here until they get a green card, when they'd rather take the plunge and start a company? How many founders are camping in Vancouver, the closest urban non-US setting, jotting down the coast for investor meetings in Silicon Valley? New Zealand, you can get entry status for a 3-month a year, no questions asked. What happens when you raise funding and the angel or VC wants you to locate your company close by to take advantage of their portfolio network? Do you return to NZ to work remotely like Amit Aharoni did? Do you spend your time and money that could be spent on building your company on lawyers to deal with your visas? What happens when an adjudicator rejects your visa, since 'CEO doesn't require a degree,' making it a much harder designation to apply under? Oh, the same adjudicator will be responsible for your appeal, btw.