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Generally, he would have to either:

1)Invest 1M+ of his own money

2)Be a superstar with hundreds of publications and experience

3)Come as a tourist and pray everything works fine in 3 months

4)Fall in love and get married(...in the Valley?)

5) work for a company until you get a green card.

Which could take anywhere from 7-10 years! Easier said than done!

It doesn't take that long unless you're from India or China.

Took me 365 days exactly from start to finish. It depends on where you were born and what your highest level of education is.

I thought we were talking about the Startup Visa.

In that case, it's very difficult to sponsor yourself or your co-founders for an H1-B