Employer Has Question about Sponsoring H1B visas

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I am planning to register a company in the US very soon... I wanted to know what will it take to sponsor my friend on H1B visa ??? What is the process like ? There are no employees in the company except me the owner..... The friend who will be the beneficiary of this H1B , and will be the first employee.... This friend will be contracting computer programming positions.....

Any help here will be greatly appreciated