Book Description

As a 'creative' or a brand, you can bypass all the payment limitations online and sell your products and services to global customers. The world is a global village now and your physical location does not have to limit whom you can sell your products and services. With the digital economy, you can set up your business so that you can manage it on the go, irrespective of where you travel across the globe. You can travel anywhere you want and run your business from there without any form of payment limitations. With a global brand, you can enrol on accelerator programs and even raise venture capital when the time is right. As a brand, have you ever tried to use some online platforms to reach global customers, only to find out that you cannot use the platform because you need to have a PayPal or Stripe account? Well, there is a way around these challenges. You can get Stripe and PayPal accounts for your brand from the comfort of your home. But you need to incorporate a US business entity - also from the comfort of your home. That is exactly what this book is all about. The book is broken down into four parts: - The first part paints a clear picture of why you need to own your brand in today's world. It will help you decide on the type of business entity to incorporate in the US - a Limited Liability Company (LLC) or a C-Corporation (C-Corp). It will also help you decide on which state to incorporate your business - Delaware or Wyoming. - The second part will take you through the step-by-step process of incorporation and post-incorporation, using a tailor-made solution that makes it all fast and easy. - The third part will cover other things you need to make the best of your US business entity. Such crucial issues as Taxation, Valuation, raising Venture Capital, tapping into the US Labour Force, Migrating to the US, etc. For all these, there are suggestions of tools that will simplify things and keep the entire process lean and agile. - An extra chapter will expose you to over 140 tools that will help you run your business on a global scale - tools spanning Marketing, Bookkeeping & Accounting, Customer Service, Tax, Legal Advisory, Team Collaboration, etc. After reading the book, you will realise that the US is very friendly to foreign-owned business entities. You do not have to pay Federal Income Tax as a foreign business owner. It costs just a nominal amount to register and manage your US business entity right from the comfort of your home. These are some of the benefits of owning a US business: - Payment gateway providers: Access to the best payment providers (such as Stripe and PayPal). - Taxes: Access to tax benefits available to foreign-owned companies in the USA. - Customers in the US: Building trust with global customers by doing business as a US-incorporated company. - Contracts: Signing contracts with US-based clients. - Venture Capital: It is unusual for American investors to invest early-stage capital into companies from other countries without a US presence. - Accelerators: Most US accelerators require startups to have a US parent company. - Immigration: Starting a business in the US makes it easier to obtain a visa or permanent residency later. - US Bank Account: With a US-incorporated company, you can easily keep your money in a US FDIC-insured bank account. - Special Services: Incorporating in the US will give you access to specific platforms or services; such as Amazon. - Simplified Bureaucracy: Business incorporation in the US is one of the easiest in the world. - US-based Talent: With a US-incorporated business, you can easily access the US talent pool. - US Physical Office: With a US-incorporated business, you can easily open a physical location/office in the US when the need arises.