1. Start With the Problem, Not the LLC
Before registering anything, write one sentence:
We help [specific customer] solve [specific problem] by providing [specific product or service].
If you cannot complete that sentence clearly, keep working. "AI company" is not a business model. "Restaurant" is not a business model. "Marketing agency" is not a business model.
Weak: We provide innovative AI solutions.
Better: We automate appointment follow-up for independent dental offices so fewer potential patients disappear after requesting an appointment.
Weak: We are opening a restaurant.
Better: We serve fast, high-quality breakfast to downtown Lake Wales workers who need to be in and out in twenty minutes.
Specificity gives you something you can test. You should be able to answer:
- Who buys this?
- What problem are they already trying to solve?
- What do they use now?
- What does the problem cost them?
- Why would they switch?
- What will you charge?
- How will the first ten customers find you?
- Can you deliver it profitably?
If you do not know yet, that is normal. Your next job is to find out.