Get a PO box.
Wouldn't it make the company looks shady?
I'm sure it would
Ask YC: Creating a new company, all live with parents, what can we use for a business address?
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Re: Ask YC: Creating a new company, all live with parents, what can we use for a business address?
#12In Virginia you must use a real street address for your office. You also must have a registered agent and an address where the registered agent can be contacted.
Incorporation is a state-level activity, but it's generally the same in all of the states.
Use a parent's address with their permission.
Re: Ask YC: Creating a new company, all live with parents, what can we use for a business address?
#13Forgive me for not directly answering your question.
Are you sure at this point that you need an address?
Maybe you're already past that discussion, and if so I apologize. But I have seen quite a few cases where folks rush out to file paperwork long before it's actually necessary.
Re: Ask YC: Creating a new company, all live with parents, what can we use for a business address?
#14Forgive me for not directly answering your question. Are you sure at this point that you need an address? Maybe you're already past that discussion, and if so I apologize. But I have seen quite a few cases where folks rush out to file paperwork long before it's actually necessary.
i think they are doing the question more because of general excitement for their venture, than need of an answer
Re: Ask YC: Creating a new company, all live with parents, what can we use for a business address?
#15I've done this with my first three companies. Just use one of your parent's address for incorporating. Depending on the state, they usually let you specify a street address and a mailing address. Get a P.O. Box and specify that as your mailing address. Then you won't have any problems with your mail being mixed up (except for the occasional piece of junkmail). It also makes it easier to change later on, since latency in address-change doesn't affect any of your mail (which will continue going to the P.O. Box).
Re: Ask YC: Creating a new company, all live with parents, what can we use for a business address?
#16Forgive me for not directly answering your question. Are you sure at this point that you need an address? Maybe you're already past that discussion, and if so I apologize. But I have seen quite a few cases where folks rush out to file paperwork long before it's actually necessary.
signing up for bank and merchant accounts
Re: Ask YC: Creating a new company, all live with parents, what can we use for a business address?
#17Forgive me for not directly answering your question. Are you sure at this point that you need an address? Maybe you're already past that discussion, and if so I apologize. But I have seen quite a few cases where folks rush out to file paperwork long before it's actually necessary.
They say it's for creating the company. In most forms of incorporation you need to put down an address. I ran into the same problem.
Re: Ask YC: Creating a new company, all live with parents, what can we use for a business address?
#18Go to the UPS store and get a mailbox. Your Mailbox has a real street address. It will look something like 1845 Blank Street Suite #ofmailbox
I just wanted to second this -- getting a UPS Store mailbox is much better than a PO Box, if for no other reason than the fact that you can receive UPS/FedEx/DHL/etc. packages there. The post office won't sign for packages from 3rd-party carriers, so you're out of luck if you want to have anything shipped to your business address of record.
That being said, neither a UPS Store box or a residential address is exactly going to impress folks if they bother to check out your business address before decided to ink a deal with you.
Re: Ask YC: Creating a new company, all live with parents, what can we use for a business address?
#19Re: Ask YC: Creating a new company, all live with parents, what can we use for a business address?
#20Get a PO box.
I don't know about other states, but in Georgia you cannot incorporate a company with the primary address being a P.O. Box. I assume that would be the case in other places as well.