From Vision to Filing: A Founder's First 30 Days
A practical roadmap for the first month of starting a new business — from formation to bank account to your first paying client.
Most founders lose momentum in month one because they confuse motion with progress. Here's a 30-day plan that gets the legal entity, banking, brand, and first revenue conversation in motion — at the same time.
Week 1 — Lock in the legal entity. File the LLC, draft a simple operating agreement, secure the EIN, and reserve your name across the platforms you'll actually use.
Week 2 — Open the bank account, sign up for accounting software, and write down the three offers you're going to sell. Price them. Put them on a one-page website if you have to.
Week 3 — Outreach. Hand-pick 25 people who could be a client, partner, or referral source. Schedule conversations. Not a launch announcement — conversations.
Week 4 — Close. One signed engagement letter, one invoice, one deposit. The business is real now.
If this feels like a lot, that's the point. Speed is a discipline. We help founders compress this work so the first 30 days build real momentum instead of busywork.