How to Hire Global Talent - Lighthouse HQ X Founder Visas

​Building a partly remote team? Struggling to bring a brilliant engineer into the U.S.? Planning to arbitrage global salary differences?

​This session gives you the exact blueprint used by the best startups and freelancers to navigate the chaos of international hiring and immigration — and save 100.000s of dollars.

​— Agenda —

• ​How to structure hires (W-2 employees vs. contractors)

• ​Why the O-1 visa might not be the best choice for every team member

• ​What it actually costs to support talent through immigration (time, money)

• ​What to look out for to avoid delays, denials, or legal surprises

​— Target Audience —

​Founders, operators, recruiters, and investors actively navigating hiring international candidates—or planning to in the foreseeable future.

​— Speaker —

​Minn Kim, Founder at Lighthouse

​Minn Kim is the Founder and CEO of Lighthouse, the fastest immigration solution for the world's top technical talent. Previously, she served as Partner at On Deck, where she built a global accelerator supporting thousands of international founders, and as Principal at Bloomberg Beta, investing in AI, machine learning tools, and robotics startups. She is based in San Francisco and is an avid triathlete and dinner party host.