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Field notes, deep dives, and insights from building Global Solo OS. Learn about money flows, entity design, tax compliance, and automation for borderless solopreneurs.
Using AI to Design & Audit Your OS
Turn AI into a structural thinking partner for META, not a toy for one-off prompts.
Money Flow for Global Solo Founders
You're three months into a client project. The invoice is due. You've set up a Stripe account, connected it to a Wise account, and routed it...
Entity Design for a Borderless Business
You've been operating as a sole proprietor for two years. Revenue is growing. You're working with clients in the US, EU, and Asia. Then a US...
Operating Multiple Currencies Without Losing Your Mind
Run USD/EUR/SGD/CNY stacks without chaos, double FX, or spreadsheet hell.
Designing Your OS Ledger
What a true source-of-truth ledger looks like in a multi-platform, multi-currency stack.
When to Open a Second Entity
Signals that it's time to add another company—and how not to over-optimize.
Tax Systems, Not One-Off Hacks
It's March 15th. Your US tax return is due in a month. You're also tax-resident in Portugal and need to file there. You've been operating th...
Risk Buffers & Firebreaks in Your OS
Design isolation layers so one failure doesn't sink your entire system.
Residency vs Incorporation: How to Think About Both
Separate your human life from your company structure without getting lost in passport-porn.
Choosing Your Primary Entity Jurisdiction
Practical trade-offs when picking the mothership entity for your global solo business.
Common OS Anti-Patterns and How to Fix Them
Patterns that keep showing up in global founders' setups—and how to systematically refactor them.
Operational Cadence for a Global Solo Founder
Weekly and monthly rhythms to keep your global OS in check without turning into a bureaucrat.
Building Multi-Bank Money Pathways
Design redundant banking rails across countries and currencies so one failure never kills your OS.
KYC & Compliance for Solo Founders
Treat KYC and compliance as a product surface, not a random set of bank demands.
Building Your Documentation Backbone
The minimum documentation stack that makes banking, tax, and ops dramatically easier.
Designing Your Client Payment Experience
Make it radically easy and low-friction for global clients to pay you, in their currency.
Designing Clean Personal vs Business Money Flows
Stop commingling and design flows future-you (and your accountant) will actually understand.
Banking for Constrained Founders
Strategies when you can't freely change residency or travel for KYC but still need robust rails.
Automation as Your First Ops Hire
You're spending three hours every Monday morning: downloading bank statements, categorizing transactions, updating your ledger, sending invo...
How to Audit Your Existing Money Pathway
You've been operating for two years. You have bank accounts, payment processors, and a rough idea of how money flows. But you're not sure if...