For founders outside the United States
The U.S. financial system, built from wherever you live
Company formation, banking, payment processing and credit. The things a U.S. founder is handed by default, and how to get them without a Social Security number.
162 pages. No cost. One email address.
The problem
Nobody tells you why you were declined
You open the account and it freezes. You apply for the card and it comes back no. You ask why and you get a form letter.
It's rarely the business. It's usually one specific thing in the file: an address that reads as a mailbox, a missing tax number, a credit profile that doesn't exist yet. Fix the wrong one and you haven't fixed anything.
The order matters more than any single step.
What we cover
The whole sequence, in order
Set up
Choosing a state, forming the company, getting the EIN, the ITIN process, and what an address actually claims about you.
Get banked
Remote and in-person banking, what counts as proof of address, payment processing, and why one account is a single point of failure.
Build credit
Your first card, the reporting date that decides what your file shows, building the company's file, and the path to real funding.
Free
The U.S. Credit Playbook for Non-U.S. Founders
162 pages. 26 chapters. Written for people doing this from outside the United States, without a Social Security number, mostly without travelling.
It starts before you have anything and ends with the company funded and the credit file built.
Working with us
Or we do it with you
Some founders read the book and run it themselves. That's what it's for.
Others would rather not spend a year learning which bank pulls which credit bureau. We work with those founders one on one, on formation, banking, credit building and the path to funding.
It's not a course. It's direct help, specific to your situation.