Your spouse sees revenue-not which entity owes what

Entrepreneurs normalize complexity: intercompany transfers, draws, and cards that all feel like “the business.” Partners often experience that as one blurry blob-until a creditor, insurer, or CPA asks a precise question.

Translate structure without drowning anyone in law

You do not need a mini law school in the kitchen. You need a plain-language map: which brand pays payroll, which account is personal vs business, and who the professional contacts are for each entity. Stillago’s sections are designed to hold that translation.

Household math is not cap table math

Partners often experience your ventures as one blended stream of stress and money. Creditors and insurers experience them as separate boxes. The gap between those two realities is where expensive mistakes happen in week one.

Translate without drowning anyone in jargon

• One page per entity: what it does, what it pays, who to call first.
• Which accounts are personal vs business, and which card is only for A.
• Who your CPA expects to sign-by name, not by nickname.

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Practice explaining once out loud

If you cannot explain entity relationships in five minutes at dinner, your partner will not reconstruct them from bank exports. Record a short voice memo transcript into the manual if writing feels stiff.

Update when you open or close entities

Entity changes are continuity events, not just legal filings. The manual should change the same week signatures do.

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