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Unshackled #66: Unshackled is hiring, Amazon suspends PR, & H-1B alternatives.

Hi [FORMATTED_FIRST_NAME GOES HERE], Happy Wednesday. ✨ Soundarya here, founder of unshackled.club. :) IMPORTANT UPDATE: Unshackled is hiring! I've decided to redefine my role as a CEO at Unshackled, and hire a President & COO (based out of U.S.) to come in and take over the operations and scaling of the company. If you're passionate about immigration, want to scale our community, and have experience leading ops for a small business before -- then I'd love to hear from you! (We're also hiring...

6 days ago • 4 min read

Hi [FORMATTED_FIRST_NAME GOES HERE], Happy Wednesday. ✨ Soundarya here, founder of unshackled.club. :) We wrapped up the Unshackled Campus Tour this week on Monday with a free party in Palo Alto! So glad I could meet some of you there. I'm writing an op-ed based on the country-wide tour to be published in NDTV (and other top publications). On that, I'd love to quote a few international students and immigrant workers who feel strongly about the immigration system and have gone through...

13 days ago • 4 min read

Hi [FORMATTED_FIRST_NAME GOES HERE], Happy Wednesday. ✨ Soundarya here, founder of unshackled.club. :) I have THREE exciting updates to share: First, we're hosting a big party next Monday (April 22nd) for O1/EB1 aspirants: I've decided to make the last stop of the "Unshackled Campus Tour" free and open to the public, and not only Stanford students. If you're in the Bay Area, don't miss it. ;) Second, our event at UC Berkeley is also open to public (April 20th): Come spend your Saturday...

19 days ago • 4 min read

Hi [FORMATTED_FIRST_NAME GOES HERE], Happy Wednesday. ✨ Soundarya here, founder of unshackled.club. :) I have two exciting updates to share: We launched the brand new website for Unshackled a week ago! Take a look at it and hit reply if you've got some feedback. We're making the event at UC Berkeley free and open to the public, happening on April 20th, 2024. Come spend your Saturday evening with me, a top immigration lawyer, and a Canada expert to nerd out on O1/EB1 and entrepreneurship! RSVP...

27 days ago • 4 min read

Hi [FORMATTED_FIRST_NAME GOES HERE], Happy Wednesday afternoon. ✨ Soundarya here, founder of unshackled.club. :) I'm writing this to you from a bus ride from Philly to New York! We kicked off the Unshackled Campus Tour yesterday at UPenn, with 3 more events this week at Columbia, NYU, and Long Island University. Good news: you can join me in person on the tour at some locations and attend a FREE event on talent visas & immigration. If you're living in SF Bay Area, Boston, Dallas, or Austin,...

about 1 month ago • 4 min read

Hi [FORMATTED_FIRST_NAME GOES HERE], Happy Wednesday. ✨ Soundarya here, founder of unshackled.club. :) EXCITING NEWS: You can now join me in person and attend a FREE event on talent visas & immigration that we're hosting across the country. We got permission from several universities to make the event public and open to everyone in the area. So if you're living in New York, SF Bay Area, Boston, or Dallas, come RSVP for free below & enjoy an evening of education, networking, and free snacks!...

about 1 month ago • 4 min read

Hi [FORMATTED_FIRST_NAME GOES HERE], Happy Wednesday. ✨ Soundarya here, founder of unshackled.club. :) FINAL REMINDER: We're increasing the membership cost of the Unshackled community on March 22nd, 2024. This is done as part of a larger effort to revamp the Unshackled website and community to make it even better for talent visa aspirants! After March 22nd, The annual membership cost will increase from $599/year to $999/year. There will no more be a "biannual membership", and Instead, you'll...

about 2 months ago • 3 min read

Hi [FORMATTED_FIRST_NAME GOES HERE], Happy Wednesday. ✨ Soundarya here, founder of unshackled.club. :) It's been another intense week of working on the upcoming "Unshackled Book Tour", starting on April 2nd at the University of Pennsylvania. It will go on until April 23rd and end at SJSU. On that note, two updates: Law firm partner for UMass Amherst? Good news! We've finalized our law firm partners for all universities, except UMass Amherst, MA. If you know of a good law firm in the...

about 2 months ago • 4 min read

Hi [FORMATTED_FIRST_NAME GOES HERE], Happy Wednesday. ✨ Soundarya here, founder of unshackled.club. :) It's been less than a week since I got back to San Francisco, and it feels like a lifetime has passed. I've been intensely focused on the upcoming "Unshackled Book Tour", starting on April 2nd at the University of Pennsylvania. It will go on until April 23rd and end at SJSU. On that note: Are you from any of the following universities? Harvard MIT Stanford UPenn UT Austin Boston University...

2 months ago • 4 min read

Hi [FORMATTED_FIRST_NAME GOES HERE], Happy Wednesday night. ✨ Soundarya here, founder of unshackled.club. :) I'm writing this from Bangalore Airport, about to board a flight to San Francisco in an hour. My apologies for not sending this in the morning! It's been an overly chaotic last few days in India (as you can imagine), but I didn't want to miss sending this on a Wednesday. Two quick updates: Are you a student at MIT? We're currently looking for volunteers from MIT to work with us on...

2 months ago • 4 min read
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