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My key tips would be as follow, in order of importance: 1. Get a good lawyer who puts your interests first. (Not your investor's or your employer's.) 2. Make

by SeoxyS 13y ago

My key tips would be as follow, in order of importance: 1. Get a good lawyer who puts your interests first. (Not your investor's or your employer's.) 2. Make yourself as visible as your can, even if it's not necessarily your comfort zone. Get on conference panels. Get into print newspapers as much as possible. Aim for old-style print newspapers: WSJ, NYTimes, and other national papers are great. Get into the print edition, not just on their websites. 3. If your company employs a PR firm, make sure they work for you. Have them prepare statements where you're the name attributed to the quote. Have them fight to get into conference panels. It's all bullshit, but it looks impressive when printed as documentation on a case file.

HistoryInAction 13y ago
Strong underline for the old-style print newspapers. But look to Brian X. Chen at NYT, Evelyn Rusli at WSJ who cover tech, even if it's just online. Keep in mind that the reviewing bureaucrats at USCIS have NEVER heard of TechCrunch, just like most of us have probably never heard of Politico (or read it often if you have). Don't shoot yourself in the face by mocking the process in the process: To get the visa, Mr. Vine and his co-founders at Zirtual, a business that connects people with personal assistants through the Internet, invented the position of corporate wellness director, suited to Mr. Vine's bachelor's degree in kinesiology. "My application for the H-1B is different from my actual role at the company," Mr. Vine said. "We've actually had to spin a tall tale because of the difficulty of applying." http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052970204707104578095372710657846 http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB1000142405297020470710... (might be behind paywall but search "Startup Visas Get New Push" and the closing quote from Collin Vine of Zirtual)

by SeoxyS 13y ago

HistoryInAction 13y ago

Strong underline for the old-style print newspapers. But look to Brian X. Chen at NYT, Evelyn Rusli at WSJ who cover tech, even if it's just online. Keep in mind that the reviewing bureaucrats at USCIS have NEVER heard of TechCrunch, just like most of us have probably never heard of Politico (or read it often if you have). Don't shoot yourself in the face by mocking the process in the process: To get the visa, Mr. Vine and his co-founders at Zirtual, a business that connects people with personal assistants through the Internet, invented the position of corporate wellness director, suited to Mr. Vine's bachelor's degree in kinesiology. "My application for the H-1B is different from my actual role at the company," Mr. Vine said. "We've actually had to spin a tall tale because of the difficulty of applying." http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052970204707104578095372710657846 http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB1000142405297020470710... (might be behind paywall but search "Startup Visas Get New Push" and the closing quote from Collin Vine of Zirtual)