Starting the company
What happens to my name when I sign the lease?
A landlord, a lender and your first supplier will each ask who is signing. If the answer is you, your own savings and your car stand behind every promise. A limited liability company changes the answer, as long as it exists on paper and you run it like it does.
We register it with the state, write an operating agreement that fits how you and any co-owners really work, get the tax ID, and show you the small habits that keep the company and you apart: its own bank account, its name on every contract, a signature line that says who signs for whom.
How it runs
From the first call to a folder you can hand a landlord
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Step 1: A short call
You tell us what you are starting and who owns it. We say whether an LLC fits and what the flat fee will be.
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Step 2: Names and shares
We check the name is free, write down who owns what share and who decides what, and send you a one-page summary to correct.
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Step 3: Filing and the operating agreement
We file with the state and draft the agreement. You read it on screen with us, line by line, before anyone signs.
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Step 4: Your starter folder
The tax ID, the signed agreement, an ownership record and a one-page list of habits, sent as one folder a bank or landlord can take.
Questions about starting a company
Do I need an LLC to open?
No law says so. But without one, your own assets answer for the business’s debts and claims. We say so plainly and let you decide.
Can I start after I’ve made my first sales?
Yes. Many owners come to us after their first customers. We begin with what already exists and move it into the company.
Is the state’s filing fee in the flat fee?
No. The state sets it, and we pass it on at cost and show you the receipt.
Signing something this week?
Tell us what it is and who is signing.