The Ultimate Back-Office Guide to How to Launch a Startup

Congratulations! You've made the leap and are starting a company! Have you thought about different types of incorporation (like C corp vs S corp)? Do you know anything about accounting for startups?

Before you know it you'll have accounts payable, payroll, and benefits to deal with, government authorities to appease with reports and tracking, and shares to issue. As you scale rapidly, you'll need to think about hiring a bookkeeper, resource management, and HR functions.

Building the back-office stack is hardly the most invigorating part of building a company, but honestly, you're not going to survive without a solid foundation.

In each section of the sections below, we offer tips and best practices from experts to help save you time and help you get back to building a lasting company. Tap on each for a walkthrough of how to get set up.

After you've completed each category, mark it off at the top of each section to keep track of your stack:

At

, we've worked with 100s of startups and keep our finger on the pulse of best in breed tools (plus what works best together) for getting your startup off the ground. This guide is meant to help you quickly and painlessly get your back-office set up and get you back to building your company.

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on desktop to create your own version. Then, build and optimize your back-office stack with our comprehensive toolkit.