Tools We Actually Use & Recommend

These are the tools we use in our own ventures and recommend to our clients. Some links below are affiliate links — we may earn a commission at no additional cost to you when you sign up. We only recommend what we believe in.

Personal credit is the foundation of business credit. Pull all three bureaus (Equifax, Experian, TransUnion) before applying for funding. The same monitoring service we use in our own ventures.

Accept client payments without the friction. Kashu lets you take card and ACH payments with a clean checkout your clients trust. We use it in our own consulting practice to get paid faster.

The fastest way to spin up an LLC, S-Corp, or C-Corp without paying lawyer fees. Free state filing on the basic plan and registered agent service included for the first year. We use Bizee to launch new ventures.

Real-time business credit monitoring across Dun & Bradstreet, Experian Business, and Equifax Business. Know what lenders see before you apply. Non-negotiable for any business owner serious about funding.

Stop filling out 10 separate loan applications. Lendio's marketplace matches your business profile with lenders most likely to approve. SBA, term loans, lines of credit, equipment financing. Free to use.

Run your business email, calendar, Drive, Docs, and Meet on the same platform we use across every Empire venture. Custom-domain email, 30GB+ storage per user, enterprise security, zero ads. The productivity backbone for serious operators.