可以，但不可以领取薪水

no,

"I called the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service Customer
Service Line at 1-800-375-5283, and spoke with Information Officer Wilkerson.
She told me that the H1-B visa is “employer specific” and the one
listed on your visa is the only employer you can work for. I asked if you
could have a home-based business and work for yourself, and she said,
“No, he can’t work for himself.”

I also e-mailed Rajiv. S. Khanna, an immigration lawyer, at

http://www.immigration.com

I told him about your question, informed him of the visas you and your
wife have, and this was his e-mail reply, “They cannot do anything on the
side.”

I had feared this would be the answer, since I also looked up the
provisions of your visas.

“H-1B status is only valid for employment with the employer who
petitioned the INS and only for the particular job for which the Labor Condition
Application was filed.”

"

But can one person have more than one H1B at the same time? So he can work for two companies.

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hi,Thanks for the rewards. what I posted above is from former google answer.

I met the same problem before. That's why I knew about it.  I ended up giving up start-ups for now.

What if the business is registerred outside US? if a H1 or H4 gets a large amount of revenue from other US entities than his company, I believe she or he will be botherred.

some financial institution like ameritrade. people can open account without ssn, you may hide money there. I dont know much about this stuff, but very interested too. I believe smart people always can do sth seemling impossible. let's dicuss further