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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1560167)	9/20/2025 6:20:22 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	3 Recommendations Recommended By Eric pocotrader sylvester80 Respond to of 1584007

Hey Wharfie, get this. Some guy on Reddit claimed that startups don't hire H-1B visa workers. He qualified his argument by claiming he worked for various startups, and that H-1B hires were never a consideration. I called B.S. on his argument, only to have him "educate" me on the difference between a startup and a "small business." To him, a startup is a company that is too small to hire H-1B visa holders. Once a startup grows large enough to get to that point, it is now considered a "small business." Obviously he has things backwards. A dry cleaner is a small business. A plumbing service is a small business. A mom-n-pop convenience store is a small business. "Small businesses" typically don't get seed funding, or Series A, B, or C funding to the tune of tens or hundreds of millions of dollars. "Small businesses" don't get categorized as "unicorns" once they reach $1B in valuation. I suspect this Reddit troll (who was heavily "upvoted," mind you) never really worked at a genuinely well-funded startup, but instead worked at some fly-by-night projects that never got any VC funds. That's the level of ignorance that exists on social media when it comes to the H-1B visa situation. Tenchusatsu P.S. - Don't get me started on those who think H-1B visa holders are lItErAlLy sLaVeS ...