well versed ** having said that, if i were you, i would go for IT consulting company. the reason being. 1) i am a technical person myself, so i know its titbits.(not that it matters a lot) 2) there are quite a lot IT institutions/schools/unis back in nepal. as per my knowledge, there is no dearth of talent and hence good manpower in nepal itself. 3) you can keep in touch with those institions/schools and hire good people from there. who would not want to come to US in H1-B 4) you can deploy them at a good rate, pay them decent salary and still make a chunk of money out of it. 5) if desi compnies are prospering, why can't a nepali consultancy? LooTe