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Why Beyond Border thinks visas are now part of the founder playbook

Beyond Border, the Singapore-founded, tech-enabled US immigration platform for founders and highly skilled professionals, has added former Airbnb China COO Kum Hong Siew to its advisory bench as Business Advisor. The appointment comes as the company, which says it has stayed net profitable for two years while hitting a multimillion-dollar annual revenue run rate, pushes […] The post Why Beyond…

Why Beyond Border thinks visas are now part of the founder playbook

Beyond Border, a Singapore-founded US immigration platform for founders and skilled professionals, has appointed former Airbnb China COO Kum Hong Siew as Business Advisor. The company, which has achieved net profitability for two years and a multimillion-dollar annual revenue run rate, is expanding into the US and Latin America.

Siew's career has spanned law, technology, and Airbnb, where he gained insights on scaling operations in complex regulatory environments. During his conversation with e27, Siew discussed the parallels between Airbnb's regional expansion and Beyond Border's US immigration strategy, the importance of operational scaling for an immigration platform, and the impact of a founder's visa status on business decisions.

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