start in VA, list your primary residence in VA as your business address. As far as the state of VA is concerned you are still a resident of VA since your primary residence is there. You can list yourself as the agent for the business or you can hire an agent for the business in VA.

Taxes are based on the state where business is conducted.

i worked at Deloitte for a bit. Deloitte internally has an entrepreneurial spirit. Essentially you can build a small business inside the company if you are incredibly talented at selling the work. People who become partners are responsible for interfacing with top level execs around the world. They win over the work of these execs and then hire internally talented people to complete the work. This then becomes their own internal organization with structure. A self contained business unit.

The employees are basically made to form connections and seek out work from day 1. People that need their skills reach out, but you have to sell yourself.

if i can do my job to your standard remotely literally working 20 hours a week, then there should be no problem.

also please for the love of god set an expectation. in some jobs i don’t care if management has 0 expectation, but if a company is looking to grow or do something impressive, there needs to be an expectation

nah, MVP is meant to be a quick and dirty release. It’s used to build your demand. Consider the overall investment, it’s minimal so far. Selling a bunch of promises is effective but it’s a short burst strategy compared to selling your user’s feedback

keep your personal costs low and your savings high

never, ever think on a month to month basis about money.

in my head i think about the worst case scenario and think how long i could sustain myself (e.g. oh i have enough in between savings and investments that i could be unemployed for x amount of years with no income and live)

being a software engineer is a commodity. To make it you have to come up with a good business idea