I would like to have a business without disclosing the business owner is. Is this possible?
Ask HN: What's the best way to have a business anonymously?
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#2It would really depend on where you are trying to incorporate. My understanding is this is possible but you will need to pay a lawyer to do all the legal work for you and sign their name on the documents. I doubt this would interfere with most governments finding out who you are unless you are using multiple companies registered in different countries.
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#3Why? Sounds sketchy. You will find it much harder to do business
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#4Why? Sounds sketchy. You will find it much harder to do business
I want privacy. Privacy isn't a crime. It's possibly a foundation to freedom of speech.
Also thinking of building a private/anonymous messaging service. By this I also mean I want to not know anything about the customer.
I want privacy for me and for the customer.
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#5Why? Sounds sketchy. You will find it much harder to do business
I want privacy. Privacy isn't a crime. It's possibly a foundation to freedom of speech. Also thinking of building a private/anonymous messaging service. By this I also mean I want to not know anything about the customer. I want privacy for me and for the customer.
If you want to start a business and sell stuff to other people, you give up some privacy. Private (anonymous) companies typically do bad things, which is why, as a society, we don't want to work with companies like this.
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#6There are still some countries where you can do that.
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#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
I want privacy. Privacy isn't a crime. It's possibly a foundation to freedom of speech. Also thinking of building a private/anonymous messaging service. By this I also mean I want to not know anything about the customer. I want privacy for me and for the customer.
If you want to start a business and sell stuff to other people, you give up some privacy. Private (anonymous) companies typically do bad things, which is why, as a society, we don't want to work with companies like this.
I appreciate sharing this perspective and I see how typically anonymous companies "did" bad things. You're not the arbitrator of who people want to work with or of the definition of what "as a society" people choose to do.
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you want to start a business and sell stuff to other people, you give up some privacy. Private (anonymous) companies typically do bad things, which is why, as a society, we don't want to work with companies like this.
I appreciate sharing this perspective and I see how typically anonymous companies "did" bad things. You're not the arbitrator of who people want to work with or of the definition of what "as a society" people choose to do.
> You're not the arbitrator of who people want to work with or of the definition of what "as a society" people choose to do.
Obviously, I am just parroting the general opinion for your awareness. We have consumer protection laws for a reason. You are free to be "anonymous" but it's mostly not true (you can easily be found out) and you will find it difficult to do business.
Do you want to have a higher probability for success of your business?
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you want to start a business and sell stuff to other people, you give up some privacy. Private (anonymous) companies typically do bad things, which is why, as a society, we don't want to work with companies like this.
I appreciate sharing this perspective and I see how typically anonymous companies "did" bad things. You're not the arbitrator of who people want to work with or of the definition of what "as a society" people choose to do.
Even if you are the clear owner, your company can be taken away from you.
If not, this would be even more possible, especially if financial prosperity were to arise.
It may not be every day, but there are definitely arbitrators of what they will tolerate before turning "society" either for or against you when you come up on their radar.
Whether you are well identified or not.
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#10wyoming corporations