thesmileyone

So I left facebook 6 months ago (permadelete) and it was the best thing I did.

Unfortunatly I need a FB account to join a few groups that I am members of IRL as well as requiring a FB business account to run FB ads - you have to do it from a personal account and you are only allowed one.

I am fine with posting all my real info except I don't want to use my real surname - because if you google my full name it comes up with all the companies I own, with full financial info available to the public (I live in the UK and companies house is transparent) I have had issues with people doing this in the past and deciding they don't like me, they stuck in a 9-5 and me earning $xxx per day working 3 hours a day... etc. I would rather just avoid any conversation that involves money.

Say my name is James Bentley (it's not) should I just sign up as James B, or James Bent, (not a stretch if you are googling someone though) or James Bughey or something completely unrelated?

Thank you

So I am looking at the future of the UK. It looks bleak. So does America and the rest of Europe.

Canada (Specifically Toronto) does not.

But I am not exactly sure how I would get a visa.

I asked this on reddit and got circlejerked around

- In the business I am in I generate revenue and therefore profit, eventually in the 100's of thousands per month (I just started, already quadrupled my investment!).

- There is only me in my business - I own it and I do 100% of the work.

- It is not a skill like being a plumber.

So looking at visas you either get a Skilled Federal visa like a plumber or you start your own company, have to be VC or angel backed, and you have to employ x amount of people.

Neither of these scenarios work for me. Why would I want to give a vc XX% of my company, for life, when I don't need any startup capital? Plus it already works!

Has anyone been in a similar situation, say, such as an iOS developer who creates his own apps himself and publishes them himself?

I am sure I could do what I do, VC funded and employ people, but I don't want to employ people and have that responsibility just to earn 2-3x what I will be earning at that point, but then have to spend 30-40% more on wages etc + the VC cut therefore earning even less.

There must be a way surely!?

Thanks