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Self-paced playbooks for the work every founder ends up doing. Procedural, state-aware, and built from the same playbooks 1116 LLC uses on its own portfolio entities.

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guides.1116.info/incorporation →
Self-paced guide · State-by-state · Part of Entrepreneurship 101

Incorporation

Stand up your LLC or C-Corp the right way the first time. Entity choice, formation, EIN, governance, ongoing compliance — with state-by-state breakdowns (TX + AL today; add-on for additional states).

Choose your state at checkout. Add more states as a paid add-on.

$100 to $250
guides.1116.info/501c3 →
Self-paced guide · Nonprofit formation · Part of Entrepreneurship 101

501(c)(3) Formation

Stand up a nonprofit the IRS will approve. Name and board, Certificate of Formation, EIN, Form 1023, state exemptions, annual compliance. One guided playbook.

Choose your state at checkout. State exemptions vary; pick yours.

$250 to $500
guides.1116.info/ai-copilot →
Self-paced guide · Build AI into a workflow · Part of AI 101

Build Your AI Copilot

8 modules from picking a workflow step to a vendor-swap-ready production deploy. Anthropic API + cost strategy + Flask/Node endpoint + email/SMS delivery + caching + the Claude/OpenAI/Gemini adapter pattern.

$149 to $400
guides.1116.info/autopilot →
Self-paced guide · Scheduled AI automation · Part of Software 101

Put It On Autopilot

8 modules from picking a recurring task to a monitored, self-healing cron-driven autopilot. Cron patterns + Render Cron Service + delivery to email/Slack/Sheets + observability + retries + idempotency + dead-letter handling.

$149 to $400

More guides are in development (business lifecycle, tax filing, fundraising). Follow 1116.info for announcements.