LLC 101: From Zero
For someone who has never heard of any of this. Start here.
8 lessons in production
1.1
Why Form a US Company in the First Place?
1.2
Wait, the US Has 50 States? Federal vs State Explained
1.3
What Even Is a "Company"? Entity Types Around the World
1.4
So What's an LLC? Plain Language Definition
1.5
You Don't Need to Live in the US — And Yes, It's Legal
1.6
The Vocabulary You'll Hear: Registered Agent, EIN, Business Address
1.7
The Modern Payment Stack: Digital Banks, Credit Cards, How Money Flows
1.8
The Real Costs and Why This Is Legitimate
Smart Formation: State, Entity & Setup Decisions
You know what an LLC is. Now make smart decisions before you form one.
6 lessons in production
2.1
Should You Even Form an LLC? A Decision Framework
2.2
LLC vs C-Corp vs Sole Proprietorship: Which Matches Your Model
2.3
Why "Form in Delaware" Is Bad Advice for Most Founders
2.4
The Non-US Founder's Formation Playbook
2.5
Foreign Qualification: When You Must Register in a Second State
2.6
Forming an LLC for E-2 / O-1 Visa Eligibility
The Compliance Layer That Breaks Businesses
You formed it. Now keep it alive year after year.
7 lessons in production
3.1
Form 5472: The $25,000 Trap Every Foreign Owner Misses
3.2
FinCEN BOI Filing: What It Is and Who Must File
3.3
Annual Reports: The State-by-State Deadlines You'll Forget
3.4
Registered Agent: What You're Actually Paying For
3.5
W-8BEN vs W-9 vs 1099: When Each One Applies
3.6
The Compliance Calendar No One Hands You
3.7
How an LLC Falls Out of Good Standing (And What to Do Then)
Banking and Payment Routing
Make your LLC actually receive money.
6 lessons in production
4.1
Why a US Bank Account Is Half the Battle
4.2
Mercury vs Relay vs Wise: Comparing the Modern Stack
4.3
Stripe for Non-US Founders: What "International" Actually Means
4.4
PayPal Business: The Limits That Aren't in the Docs
4.5
When Your Bank Account Gets Frozen: What Triggers It
4.6
Connecting Multiple Payment Processors to One LLC
Tax: What You Owe, What You Don't, What's Conditional
You have revenue. Now what does the IRS want?
6 lessons in production
5.1
Effectively Connected Income (ECI) for Non-US Owners
5.2
Federal vs State Income Tax: Who Actually Pays What
5.3
Sales Tax and Nexus: The E-Commerce Trap
5.4
Pass-Through vs C-Corp Taxation Decoded
5.5
ITIN for Non-US Owners: When You Need One, When You Don't
5.6
Reading Your LLC's Tax Profile: What Forms You'll Actually File
Marketplace and E-Commerce Access
Selling on Amazon, Etsy, Shopify? Here's how a US LLC unlocks them.
5 lessons in production
6.1
Amazon Seller Central from Outside the US
6.2
Etsy Onboarding for Non-Resident LLC Owners
6.3
Shopify Payments: Eligibility, Limits, and Workarounds
6.4
Multi-Currency Accounting for Global Stores
6.5
Sales Tax Permits State-by-State: Where You Actually Need One
E-2, O-1, L-1 Visas and Green Card Pathways
How your US company opens immigration doors. The Monezzi differentiator.
5 lessons in production
7.1
From LLC to Visa: How Your US Company Opens Immigration Doors
7.2
The E-2 Treaty Investor Visa: Eligibility, Investment, Country List
7.3
The L-1 Visa: Moving Your Existing Business to the US
7.4
The O-1 Visa: For Founders With Extraordinary Ability
7.5
Green Card Pathways for Entrepreneurs: EB-5, EB-1C, EB-2 NIW
Strategic Positioning: The Layer Above Compliance
Think infrastructure, not just paperwork.
5 lessons in production
8.1
The Cross-Border Arbitrage You're Probably Leaving on the Table
8.2
Why Your US Entity Changes How Investors See You
8.3
Hiring Contractors as a US LLC: 1099, W-8BEN, and the Gotchas
8.4
Building Vendor Trust with Fortune 500 Procurement
8.5
Closing, Migrating, or Pausing an LLC: When Each Makes Sense
Working with Monezzi
How Monezzi handles formation, compliance, and support.
3 lessons in production
9.1
How a Monezzi Formation Actually Goes (Step-by-Step)
9.2
What's Included in Monezzi's Annual Subscription
9.3
Talking to Your Assigned Advisor: How to Use That Channel