July 21. 6 days away. Here's everything that's live right now:

One-click US company formation all 50 states

Starter $200/yr Business $299/yr All-in-One $399/yr

Registered Agent included EIN included Domain + Email included

Day 12 of building TopStartNow in public.

We could have raised money. Company formation is a big market. Investors like "AI-powered" anything. A deck would've gotten meetings.

We chose not to.

Here's the real reason: our customers pay us before we spend anything on them.

Day 10 of building TopStartNow in public.

Didn't ship anything visible today. Spent the whole day on the invisible stuff:

Bug 1: Cloudflare domain registration was silently failing

Root cause: ICANN requires a real registrant name. We were passing "Customer" as the default. Cloudflare rejected it as "invalid data." Fixed.

Day 9 of building TopStartNow in public.

Most formation services advertise "$49 LLC" or "$0 + state fee." Technically true. Practically misleading.

Here's the real math, based on actual customer data from our early users:

Year 1: $100 (Wyoming filing fee)

Day 8 of building TopStartNow in public.

Here's something I see founders get wrong constantly: state selection.

Ask a non-US founder what state they want for their LLC, and 8 out of 10 say "Delaware." They've heard the name. They know it's "business friendly." They're sure it's the right choice.

For 80% of them, it's not.

Day 7 of building TopStartNow in public.

Today we published a guide that most formation services hope their customers never read:

"How Much Does It Cost to Register a US LLC in 2026? Full Price Breakdown"

topstartnow.com/guides/llc-registration-cost-breakdown

Day 6 of building TopStartNow in public.

Didn't ship anything visible today. Spent the whole day on one bug:

Customer buys hosting should click "Open Control Panel" auto-login to DirectAdmin without typing a password.

Instead they got a login form. Every time.

Day 5 of building TopStartNow in public.

Here's something I kept asking myself while building this:

Doola, Firstbase, Stripe Atlas they all stop at the company formation certificate. You get your LLC papers, then you're on your own.

But here's what actually happens after you register:

Day 4 of building TopStartNow in public.

Two things shipped today:

1. Full Chinese site

Chinese-speaking founders are one of our biggest user groups cross-border e-commerce sellers, Shopify merchants, indie devs. They need US company registration but most platforms only serve English speakers.

Just shipped the AI website builder for TopStartNow. Describe your business get a complete site in 30 seconds. No signup. Free to use. Pick from 5 templates (modern business, restaurant, law firm, e-commerce, portfolio). AI writes your copy, fills the template, and you download a single HTML file ready to deploy. Try it: topstartnow.com/ai-website Would love feedback what template should I add next?