An LLC Deserves a Better Beginning.

In 2025, when I wanted to start my own U.S. business, I had no idea how LLC formation actually worked. I was living in Pakistan, had no U.S. residency, and ended up hiring someone I didn't know to register Enterobiz LLC in New Mexico. He charged me $600 just for the formation. I got the LLC, but that was basically it. I was left alone to deal with the IRS and figure out everything that came next.

I felt ripped off. I had paid $600 because I didn't know how to do it myself, only to discover that registering the LLC was just one part of the process. I still needed an EIN, and I didn't understand the IRS paperwork well enough to know what I was doing wrong. I learned to prepare Form SS-4 myself, but it was rejected multiple times. I remember my hands shaking while trying to understand what I'd missed. Eventually, I managed to get the EIN approved. I also learned how to call the IRS and obtained a 147C letter myself. At that point, I didn't even know what a CP575 was because the person who registered my company had never sent one to me.

I kept reading and learning. When it came time to apply for Stripe, I worked through its actual requirements instead of trying to find shortcuts. I made sure Enterobiz and its documents were presented legitimately, and Stripe approved my business within one business day.

Later, when I started offering LLC formation services myself, I got my first paying customer. I remember being anxious about handling someone else's company registration. And almost immediately, I ran into another problem. The state filing portal wouldn't accept my international payment card. I opened a fintech bank account, arranged for the Stripe payment to reach it, and tried again. The payment finally went through, but the filing was declined, and the state fee was non-refundable.

I didn't think my customer should pay for that mistake, so I paid the next filing fee myself. This time, the filing needed a minor correction. I handled it, resubmitted the application, and the LLC was approved. Then I took care of the customer's EIN.

With more filings, the process became familiar. I learned to deal with different state portals, SS-4 applications, corrections, and IRS follow-ups. What once made me anxious eventually became work I genuinely enjoyed doing.

But there was another problem developing. I was handling almost everything manually. I remember waking up to Stripe notifications at 2 a.m., opening my laptop to acknowledge orders, chasing signatures, answering WhatsApp messages, and sending documents through email because I didn't have a proper customer workspace. I enjoyed the filing work, but managing everything around it was becoming exhausting.

That experience eventually shaped FilingOak.

I wanted customers to have a proper place to start an application, review their information, provide signatures, follow their case, and access their documents without depending on scattered messages. That's why I built FounderVault.

And I didn't want Maya to be another chatbot that answers a few questions and sends people somewhere else for help. She's FilingOak's AI administrative assistant, available on the website, inside FounderVault, and through WhatsApp. She supports text and voice conversations in over 80 languages, helps founders complete their applications in their own language while saving appropriate business information in English, and can explain verified case updates, documents, deadlines, and renewals. For authenticated customers, she can also help with supported account preferences and administrative requests, while bringing matters that need my personal judgment to me.

I built her this way because customers shouldn't have to chase me for information FilingOak already has, repeat the same questions across different channels, or become experts in the system they're paying me to handle. Maya takes care of communication and supported administrative work. FounderVault keeps everything organized. I remain responsible for specialist LLC filings, EIN applications, corrections, and the work that genuinely requires me.

I'm still living in Pakistan, and I'm still the sole owner. FilingOak is operated by Enterobiz LLC, the same New Mexico company I originally paid someone $600 to register. I haven't created a fictional American office or a large corporate team to make the service appear bigger than it is.

I remember what it was like to pay someone for an LLC and then find myself alone with the difficult part. When somebody hires FilingOak, I want them to know what they're paying for, what I'm responsible for, and where they can turn when something needs attention.

From Enterobiz to FilingOak

If you've come here from Enterobiz.com, you might be wondering what happened to Enterobiz.

It hasn't disappeared. Enterobiz LLC is still my company, registered in New Mexico, and it's the company operating FilingOak.

I'm still working from one room in Pakistan. There's no big American office behind this website, no executive team, and no imaginary team of specialists answering on my behalf.

What changed was how I could serve people.

FounderVault gives customers a place to manage applications and documents instead of relying on scattered conversations. Maya helps with routine questions, administrative work, and verified information, and can escalate matters directly to me when human involvement is needed.

The support experience has changed, but that doesn't mean you're left talking to an AI assistant with no way to reach me. There's a direct contact option inside FounderVault. And if you want human guidance, you can email me personally at rehan@filingoak.com.

I still handle the actual formation work, EIN applications, corrections, and matters that require my attention. Maya doesn't replace my responsibility for your company formation.

FilingOak can do considerably more than Enterobiz could when I started. I've learned more, the systems are better, and I've adjusted how I work when government procedures and customer needs have changed.

I'm still running a business, and of course I want it to earn money. But I don't believe earning money requires pushing founders into expensive service tiers, charging them for things they don't need, or making them dependent on me after their LLC is formed.

I haven't changed. My business has evolved.