so_tired

What are the rules for billing in Stripe/PayPal if i dont want to use my personal name?

Its a small pet project so I am not gonna to start a company registration.

Can i open up a new account with a nice corporate name, and then "link it" to me "behind the scenes" ?

Thanks

Is there a good, simple platform to both charge and pay users?

e.g. in a paid content platform, with authors and readers

We are willing to take a fee hit if it takes care of taxes, international payments, etc.

You can argue that this is a core competency we need to handle and not outsource. But lets worry about that after the first 10K users..

My friend has this problem...

Weird founder, very techy area, got an MVP, lots of progress with just FFF funding (F^4 ?!).

Anyway, somehow he is close a series A-ish offer with equal control rights. Mostly by dragging it out, showing progress and keeping it default-live.

However, the (friendly, honest) VC has made it very clear that he will put the screws-on in series B. Its a software-only area, but will still much more capital.

Any ideas on how to strategize for this?

BTW, no one is opposed to an outside CEO if and when the time is right. The uul