Most early-stage founders who look into the O-1 visa hit the same wall early on. They ask whether their company can petition for them and get an answer that is complicated at best, discouraging at worst. The company is too new. The governance isn't set up right. The founder controls too much of the company for a clean employer-employee relationship to exist. The petition looks risky before it's even drafted. What many founders don't hear, and what changes everything when they

Learn why the O-1 agent path is often the right structure for tech professionals with multiple roles, including full-time jobs, startup equity, co-founder positions, and advisory work.