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Posted On: September 16th 2026, 12:30 pm
I spent 10 years in banking. Here's the first money move I made when I started Atlas Stitch.
The same week I formed the LLC and applied for my EIN, I opened a separate business checking account. Not once there was real money moving. Immediately.
Here's why it matters more than it sounds like it does.
When your money is mixed, every decision starts with the same tedious step. Can the business survive a slow month? Can I afford a photographer? Can I bring on an attorney?
Every one of those questions begins with untangling what was business and what was personal — before you can even start answering.
When the accounts are separate, that sorting is already done. You just look.
That's the whole thing. It's not exciting. It's the reason I can answer a question about my business in five minutes instead of an afternoon.
Send this to a friend who's still running their business out of their personal checking account.
#unsexymoneymoves #smallbusinessowner #buildinginpublic #businessbanking #newbusinessowner founderlife smallbusinesstips womeninbusiness atlasstitch
The same week I formed the LLC and applied for my EIN, I opened a separate business checking account. Not once there was real money moving. Immediately.
Here's why it matters more than it sounds like it does.
When your money is mixed, every decision starts with the same tedious step. Can the business survive a slow month? Can I afford a photographer? Can I bring on an attorney?
Every one of those questions begins with untangling what was business and what was personal — before you can even start answering.
When the accounts are separate, that sorting is already done. You just look.
That's the whole thing. It's not exciting. It's the reason I can answer a question about my business in five minutes instead of an afternoon.
Send this to a friend who's still running their business out of their personal checking account.
#unsexymoneymoves #smallbusinessowner #buildinginpublic #businessbanking #newbusinessowner founderlife smallbusinesstips womeninbusiness atlasstitch
Comments (29)
2 months agod1nz.3
the money move I'd add: budget for distribution b4 u budget for the product. I put everythin into buildin n nothin into bein found, n paid for that twice in yr one. cheapest version is answerin questions in public where ur buyers already are.
2 months agothe_obi_ron_kenobi
This is the stuff nobody gets excited about until it saves you later. 😂
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