That's a pretty slick trick I've started to see industry take advantage of where they use the cap exempt status of universities to hire H-1Bs. The H-1Bs are employees of the university but are directed by the private corporation, which owns all of the work. There is an extra bonus as well because you can really play with the job title in order to pay the employee even less since the government sets the rate for "researches" much lower than a run of the mill software developer.

I wouldn't be surprised if the folks coming in under this "entrepreneur" based H-1B loophole are being encouraged to work for a select few employers "while they get their startup off the ground".