Starting a company
Start the company with the hard parts written down
A filing takes ten minutes. What we spend the time on is everything the state doesn’t ask: who owns what, who decides, and what happens when someone leaves.
Picking the entity type
LLC, S corporation election or C corporation, picked for how you’ll raise money and pay yourselves, with your accountant in the loop.
The filing and the EIN
Articles filed with the state, the tax ID, a registered agent and the first-year paperwork, done once and filed where you can find it.
Operating agreement or bylaws
Voting, capital calls, salaries, buyouts and deadlock, written for the people actually signing.
Founder equity
Who owns what, vesting so a departing founder doesn’t leave with half, and the tax election that has a 30-day clock.
The first hires
Offer letters, contractor agreements and who owns the work they make.
Trademarks to check
A search before you print the sign, and a filing if the name is worth protecting.
Questions owners ask about starting a company
Can’t I just file the LLC online myself?
You can, and for a one-person company with no money in it that may be enough. The filing isn’t the expensive part. What costs owners later is the missing agreement between partners.
We’re two friends. Do we really need an operating agreement?
Friends are who need one most. It’s far easier to agree on a buyout price while you still like each other.
How is the work priced?
Most company setups are a fixed fee we quote in writing after the first call. State filing fees are passed through at cost.
Starting something? Start here
Tell us who’s in it and what it does. We’ll send a written quote for the setup.
A first call doesn’t make us your lawyers; a signed engagement letter does.