How I Set Up MegaMentum LLC and an EIN (and Kept It Separate)
A separate legal and money identity from day one, so this experiment never tangles with anything else I run.
If you’re going to build an income stream, give it its own foundation. MegaMentum is a New Mexico LLC with its own EIN, checking account, and email. Here’s the order I use so a new venture does not inherit the mess of an old one.
The order that matters
- Register the LLC with the New Mexico Secretary of State (online, Articles of Organization). Use a real street address you control. Name a registered agent who will actually open the mail.
- Get the EIN from the IRS website. It is free. Same day if the site is up. Do not pay a reseller for this.
- Open a dedicated business checking account with the LLC name and EIN. Do not run Amazon, ads, or software bills through a personal account “just for now.”
- Do every signup (Amazon, tax interviews, payouts, this site’s host) under one business email and the EIN. Never the personal SSN, never a leftover Gmail from another company.
Why the wall is worth it
I already run other businesses. Mixing tax identity, payouts, and inboxes looks harmless for a week and expensive for a year. If MegaMentum grows, the books are already clean. If it fails, it fails inside its own box.
Small details that save a Saturday later
- Keep a one-page PDF of the Articles, EIN letter, and operating agreement in a folder only this LLC uses.
- Put the legal name on Amazon and the bank the same way, including LLC vs L.L.C.
- Write down the registered-agent address. When a form asks for it six months later, you will not remember.
That’s the setup. Unromantic. Fast. The rest of this site is the experiment that sits on top of it.
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