Company

A Startup that graduates moves to a Company of its own.

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ObjectCopy Anchor Link

{
  "$id": "https://api.sb/routewise.dev/companies/company_1",
  "$type": "Company",
  "name": "RouteWise",
  "legalName": "RouteWise Inc.",
  "jurisdiction": "US-DE",
  "status": "forming"
}

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• A Company is controlled by one Studio: a Studio controls the holding Companies that are owner of record for its Startups. controlledBy, inverse controls.
• A Company holds many Startups: the holding Company is the Startup’s owner of record: it signs its Agreements and owns its profit rights. holds, inverse heldBy.
• A Company has many Instruments: an Instrument is a right in one Company and counts in its fully diluted cap table. instruments, inverse issuedBy.
• A Company keeps many Suppressions: a Company’s Suppressions bind every Startup it holds: no commercial Message goes to a suppressed address. keeps, inverse keptBy.
• A Company is known as many Organizations: each Startup’s own view of an outside party resolves to the one legal entity behind it. knownAs, inverse resolvesTo.
• A Company has many Pay Runs: a Pay Run is paid by one Company, the employer of record for everyone in it. payRuns, inverse paidBy.
• A Company has many Shares: a Share is issued by one Company and sits on that Company’s cap table. shares, inverse issuedBy.

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VerbsCopy Anchor Link

1. createCreates a Company.
   POST /{namespace}/companiesdoCompany.created
2. getReturns one Company by id.
   GET /{namespace}/companies/{id}readNo Event
3. listReturns Companies, newest first, one page at a time.
   GET /{namespace}/companiesreadNo Event
4. updateChanges the given properties of a Company.
   PATCH /{namespace}/companies/{id}doCompany.updated
5. dissolveDissolve winds up a Company that holds no business: it files final returns and the certificate, and keeps every record.
   POST /{namespace}/companies/{company}/dissolvedoCompany.dissolved
6. incorporateIncorporate forms a Company in a chosen jurisdiction, with its founders, shares and registered agent on record.
   POST /{namespace}/companies/incorporatedoCompany.incorporated
7. registerRegister applies for a sales tax, VAT or GST registration in one jurisdiction and records the grant as a Credential.
   POST /{namespace}/companies/registerdoCompany.registered
8. submitSubmit files one tax return for a jurisdiction and its Periods, pays the tax due, and keeps the return as a Document.
   POST /{namespace}/companies/submitdoCompany.submitted

A Company is never deleted: it ends by Company.dissolve, and its records stay.

PermissionsCopy Anchor Link

Which Access level may call each Verb. One-way Verbs wait their delay window.

Call itCopy Anchor Link

Incorporate the company “PatentPad Inc.”

ExampleCopy Anchor Link

One Company holds a résumé-review shop, a cover-letter Agent and a job-board directory. It signs their Agreements, keeps one Suppression list for all three, and receives their profit.