Entity selection
LLC or Corporation, matched to funding intent, tax posture, and cross-border ownership. Not a checkbox — a downstream commitment.
Lifecycle · 01
Start your business in the United States.
Entity selection, jurisdiction, EIN coordination, registered agent, and the first operational documents U.S. banks and payment processors expect to see.
The formation stage is where most cross-border founders quietly lose weeks. The deliverable is not a Certificate of Formation — it is a coherent, operationally credible U.S. entity that a bank, a payment processor, and an early enterprise counterparty will each recognise on sight.
What this stage covers
Jurisdiction choice
Delaware, Wyoming, Florida, or home-state operating presence. Trade-offs on privacy, franchise tax, banking receptivity, and investor familiarity.
Registered agent
A permanent U.S. address of record that receives service of process and state correspondence — the first line of compliance continuity.
EIN coordination
Federal tax identifier issued by the IRS. Non-residents obtain it without an SSN; the process is procedural, not gated.
Operating agreement
The internal governance document banks and investors expect to see. Not filed publicly, but material to every subsequent onboarding.
First operational documents
CP 575 or 147C, formation certificate, EIN letter, agent confirmation — the minimum data-room banks and processors ask for.
How we compare
Formation platforms occupy adjacent categories. Brightincorp positions honestly against each.
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