flanther

H1B requires that the employee satisfies a minimum wage set by the Labor department (varies per state). So if someone on H1B wants to start their own startup with Americans (or existing green card holders?) on their board, will they have to be paid more than that minimum wage right from the beginning? That would need a higher investment to start with. What if the company wants to bootstrap rather than raise money from VC's? Also, would that mean that the person on H1B cannot own a majority stake in his/her own company (given the condition that the board should be able to fire him/her)? I think the changes outlined are open to wide angles of interpretation both by USCIS and the startups that want to 'hire' the founder(s) on H1B.

If I remember correctly, in this documentary "Tank on the Moon"[1], they said, one of the scientists who worked on the Lunokhod missions consulted with NASA for part of the design of the Mars rover around 1995. Apparently he worked on the wheel design, to help overcome grip and other factors on the Mars terrain. [1] http://science.discovery.com/tv/tank/tank.html

The man who knew infinity, by Robert Kanigel is a very good read and gives good insight into the life of Ramanujan.