The founder visa, a brilliant idea
Today I came over this article in computerworld.com and the short essay The Founder Visa written by Paul Graham, a well known programmer (Lisp), entrepreneur (viaweb) and VC (ycombinator.com) of the IT sphere.
When we set up AppShore Inc back in 2005, the idea was to move the whole founding team to California which is certainly one of the best places to seed and to grow a start up. Over the years and between the daily tasks, we initiated twice the classical H1B process with the help of local immigration lawyers. Twice for different reasons we didn't end up with the expected visa. If this hasn't stopped us to develop the company, it has certainly defined how we shaped AppShore business model. A US team dedicated to sales and customer support, an international technical team and a willingness to build a presence worldwide with the help of local knowledgeable entrepreneurs. AppShore's story is far from being over, we are here for the long haul, so who knows how things will evolve but clearly focus is to reach customers located wherever our services make sense.
