The Challenge

Starting a business meant visiting agency after agency

For entrepreneurs and would-be business owners in one state, getting started meant working across multiple agencies, each with its own forms and requirements. There was no single place to start and no clear path through it. Just business owners piecing together what they needed one office at a time, at the exact moment they were trying to get something off the ground.

The faster a business could get moving, the sooner it could start hiring, serving customers, and growing.

What We Built

Every agency in one place

Business owners no longer have to visit a different website or office for every agency involved. Licensing and permitting information from across the state now lives on a single platform, so starting a business means one stop instead of many.

This fragmented system slowed business growth and placed a large burden on government staff.

A clear path from application to approval

Business owners can upload documents, submit applications, and check exactly where things stand, no more guessing. Automated compliance checks catch issues early, so fewer applications stall out over an error that could've been caught sooner.

Real help when a business owner actually needs it

A single live chat supports business owners across several state agencies. Wait times are shorter, and business owners get a consistent place to turn to instead of bouncing between departments.

A platform shaped by the business owners who use it

Every workflow, notification, and screen was tested with real business owners before it shipped, and built to meet WCAG and 508 accessibility standards. The result is a platform that works the way business owners actually think, not the way government agencies happen to be organized.

Outcomes

57%
Increase in out-of-state business registrations from 2022 to 2023.
7 million+
Visitors to the platform over a 6 month period
196,072
Visits to agency-related permits and licenses on the platform.
2d, 3h
Average time to start a business from concept to filing.