I am starting a software business and I am not entirely sure how to proceed with incorporation and drafting an operating agreement.

I have one co-founder and we’ve been working together for a few months validating our product with our target market but have not started building. We are ready to start building but we’d like to have a business entity set up with a business bank account so that everything can stay organized under the business.

We’re not sure where to start or who to work with. I’ve found some start-up attorneys through Google searches and have considered options like Stripe Atlas and Clerky but I’m not sure how important it is to have a lawyer handle everything vs. an automated “service”.

Does anyone have experience finding the right attorney to work with or using a service like Stripe Atlas?

  • d_sakamoto@alien.topB
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    10 months ago

    Stripe Atlas works fine. You’ll need to get a Certificate of Good Standing on your own, but email Stripe for help. Clerk is pretty much the same (both are YC alumni). Both come with enough compute credits to offset their cost, and it’s a better option than most, IMO, in this thread (unless law firms are giving out AWS and OpenAI credits). I’ve also used Cooley and Gunderson Dettmer in the past and had a good experience