Ask HN: When should I register my business? Before or after revenue?
Hey folks.<p>I&#x27;ve got a few people (biz owners) willing to be pilot customers, and I guess you can think of it like a closed beta. My goal is to prove&#x2F;ensure my software can work for them, iterate and improve.<p>Should I register my business now, or once I start to charge them? With this current customer cohort I&#x27;m planning to do a 30 days free trial, might even extend it to 60 based on how it goes. So until then no revenue.<p>FWIW I&#x27;m bootstrapping with my own money, and while I do have bigger aspirations this is my first time running a business and don&#x27;t know any VCs nor even talked to one (or even a lawyer for that matter).<p>I do know that in order to take investor capital I should create a C Corp. Anyway this stuff is obviously important but I have no experience and nobody to ask. I&#x27;m in the US btw.