Starting a U.S. company, but not in the U.S.: Foreign entrepreneurs in a bind

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The US immigration system, one startup founder said, is 'suited for the largest companies — the Amazons, the Facebooks, the Googles of the world — because they have deep pockets and can sponsor a lot of people in these programs.'

Wang, a Canadian citizen who was born in China, went to college in Chicago and worked tech jobs in San Francisco on a series of visas. But in an example of what critics say are the outdated quirks of the U.S. immigration system, he didn't have a clear option to legally remain in the country while striking out on his own.

"The immigration system in the U.S. just may not have fully caught up to the way that startups and nascent ideas get formed," Wang said. The immigration system, he said, is"suited for the largest companies — the Amazons, the Facebooks, the Googles of the world — because they have deep pockets and can sponsor a lot of people in these programs."Glen Wang launched his U.S. startup last summer from Calgary, about 250 miles north of the U.S.-Canadian border, where he lives, managing things remotely.It's become a familiar pattern for foreign entrepreneurs: Get a startup idea, decide to focus on the relatively wealthy U.S.

 

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Why do they sponsor so many CCP spies to steal US technology?

immigration was definitely easier in Canada for him, I assume

He's not wrong.

We should as American shut the Twitter and Facebook companies down

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