Yup. An easier route would be to get hired in Europe working for a company that has a branch in US and then do a transfer. Yet another alternative is to start

Yup. An easier route would be to get hired in Europe working for a company that has a branch in US and then do a transfer. Yet another alternative is to start your own company in US and invest about half a million $ (officially, unofficially have seen it done for 100k). Yet another alternative would be to get a job in academia that has H1B uncapped.