Starting a company
Get the company on paper before the money moves
Filing the entity takes a morning. The part that matters is who owns what, who decides, and what happens when one of you wants out.
Picking the structure
LLC, S corporation or C corporation, chosen for how you’ll pay yourselves and raise money, with your accountant in the room.
Filing and tax number
The state filing, the federal tax number and the registered agent, kept together in one binder you can find.
Operating agreement
Votes, salaries, capital calls and buyouts, written for the people actually signing it.
Splitting ownership
Who owns what, how it vests, and what a departing founder keeps.
First hires
Offer letters, contractor terms and who owns the work they make.
The name and the lease
A name search before the sign is printed, and a look at the lease before you commit to it.
Questions about starting up
Can I file the LLC online myself?
You can, and for a one-person company with nothing at risk it may be enough. What costs owners later is rarely the filing; it’s the agreement between partners that nobody wrote.
We’re two friends. Do we need all this?
Friends need it most. Agreeing on how a buyout works is easy while you still like each other and hard afterwards.
Do you set up companies for owners outside Connecticut?
We form Connecticut companies. If the company will mainly do business elsewhere, we’ll say so on the first call and point you to a lawyer there.
How is the work priced?
Most setups are a fixed fee quoted in writing after the first call. State filing fees are passed through at cost.
Starting something? Bring me the idea
Tell me who’s in, what it does and where the money comes from. You’ll have a written quote after the call.
A first call doesn’t make us your lawyers; a signed engagement letter does.