Stanford Guide

The Ultimate Guide To The E-2 Visa For International Student Founders

And an overview of other possible visa options

Quick sidenote: the author of this specific article is not the same author as that of the original, main…

Best Practices for Intros and Emails

Written by and all credit to JL.

In no particular order, these generalities that don’t apply to every case.

Giving intros:

Silicon Valley Meeting Etiquette

Not written by the Stanford Guide author. Written by and all credit to JL. This is great advice, and not following it can damage your reputation in a way that can be hard to recover.

Guide to CPT and OPT for international students (especially for entrepreneurs)

Disclaimer: This is not legal advice.

If you’re looking for legal help, I cannot recommend Peter Roberts from Roberts Immigration Law Group highly enough…

Complete beginners guide to building software products

General philosophy

Be lazy

Use tools that mean you don’t have to do any extra work if at all possible.

How to get into Stanford

A guide. Time to read: 17 minutes. Time to implement: Days. How long might the benefits last? The rest of your life.

Stanford classes for future founders

Recommended classes and majors for future startup founders.

Founding teams of the most successful companies have at least the following skills: sales, an ability to see things in the future that…

Best housing at Stanford for sophomores

Housing reviews / descriptions of the different options.

Misc

Suites — Many athletes. Tons of fun if you can find a group of 6 people that you admire to draw with. Based…

Freshman year dorm shopping checklist

The bed bath and beyond checklist sucks. Don’t waste $.

Don’t go to bed bath and beyond and get their list of all the stuff you will have to buy, even if your parents are going to buy it all. It’s fine…