Launch
Launch: forming the company
Most of the companies we form are a shop, a studio or a trade with one to three owners. The work is the same every time, which is why the fee is too.
We start with one call, with your accountant on the line if you have one, to choose between an LLC and a corporation. Then we file the articles, get the EIN and write the operating agreement: who owns what share, who decides, what happens if an owner leaves, dies or wants out. You leave with a binder, paper or digital, that a bank, a landlord or a buyer can read.
What the package covers
Entity choice, with your accountant
Articles filed with the state
Operating agreement or bylaws
EIN, first resolutions and ownership ledger
The fee
How the Launch fee works
What sets the fee
One entity with up to three owners. More owners move it.
How you pay
Half when you sign the engagement letter, half when the papers are delivered.
Not in the fee: the state’s filing fee, registered-agent service and tax advice. Each is named in the engagement letter, at cost, before you sign.
Questions
Before you form the company
LLC or corporation?
For most owner-run businesses an LLC is simpler to keep up. A corporation can make sense if you plan to raise money from investors. We decide on the first call, with your accountant if you have one.
How long does it take?
The filing is usually back from the state within a couple of weeks. The operating agreement takes longer only when the owners need time to agree.
We already formed it online. Can you fix it?
Yes. We review what you filed and write the operating agreement that most online filings skip, quoted in writing.
Not sure this is the right stage?
Tell us what the company is doing. We’ll name the package, or quote the work in writing.