Ops Dojo is already incorporated in Delaware as an S corporation.
We have incorporation papers, a first board meeting, recorded minutes, signed stock certificates, and titles. I am President, Treasurer, Secretary, and a director. My partner is leading the software architecture and technical work. At the beginning, we own the company equally.
Changing that ownership currently requires both founders to agree. Future employee or board ownership is still a proposal, not issued equity.
I described that structure today in an ownership discussion. It is the current structure, not proof that the incorporation happened today. An August note already referred to the corporation as something we had formed around the start of the year.
The current product discussion is moving away from the broad managed-services pitch. We are talking about open-core infrastructure software with paid licensing and a closed-source version containing premium features.
That sounded more scalable. It also opened a fresh pile of questions. Which part would be free? What would a customer pay for? Were we building deployment tools, monitoring, configuration, or the whole operations stack again under a different name?
The best feedback is also the least complicated: make it do one thing well.
The company plan is changing daily as we work through an all-software approach. I called it a living document and asked whether daily versions were useful or whether I should settle it further before sending another.
The legal structure and equal ownership are settled for now. The first focused product is not.
I owe the advisor another version of the document.