// About BizBake
The serious one in the family.
BizBake is the free business formation, funding, and execution platform from The News Bakery LLC. Everything a founder needs to go from idea to operating business — entity structure, legal setup, funding sources, tax strategy, hiring, compliance, and the tools to run it all — organized into plain-language guides with real math, real steps, and zero fluff.
The News Bakery Franchise
BizBake is part of The News Bakery franchise. Each property serves a different stage of the founder journey — and they all connect. Every BizBake guide cross-links to relevant BakePrint workflows. BakeBuilt tools do the math on costs, ROI, and revenue. The newsletter covers it all. The YouTube channel demos everything.
"I want to start a business." Formation, funding, legal structure, hiring, taxes, compliance — the infrastructure of building a company.
Formation → Funding → Execution"I have a business and need to solve a problem." 170+ AI workflow blueprints — step-by-step solutions using today's best tools.
170+ AI Workflow Blueprints"I need to run the numbers." Interactive web apps — ROI calculators, AI tool recommenders, revenue estimators, budget planners. Real tools, not PDFs.
Interactive AI Business Tools"I want to stay informed." Real-time news aggregation with AI-rewritten headlines. Every headline links to the original source. No spin.
AI-Powered News, No Spin"I want the tools now." The same BakeBuilt interactive web apps, available on Etsy as instant digital downloads. Works offline, works on every device.
Instant Digital DownloadsWhat You'll Find on BizBake
BizBake handles the infrastructure of building a business. Not the software recommendations (that's BakePrint) and not the news (that's The News Bakery). BizBake covers entity formation, legal structures, funding sources, tax strategy, hiring, compliance, and operational planning.
Formation & Entity Structure
LLC, S-Corp, C-Corp, sole proprietorship, partnership, and nonprofit formation. EIN applications, operating agreements, registered agents. 10 state-specific filing guides for Texas, Florida, Wyoming, Delaware, California, New York, Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina, and New Mexico. Side-by-side comparisons: LLC vs S-Corp, LLC vs C-Corp, Sole Prop vs LLC.
Funding & Capital
11 funding guides: bootstrapping, SBA loans (7(a), 504, microloans), angel investment, venture capital, business grants, crowdfunding (rewards, equity, debt), revenue-based financing, business credit building, lines of credit, friends & family rounds (with SEC compliance), and SBIR/STTR federal R&D grants ($4B+/year).
Execution & Operations
Business insurance (GL, E&O, workers comp, cyber, property), quarterly estimated taxes with safe harbor rules, W-2 vs 1099 classification, business banking, licenses & permits (federal/state/county/city), pricing strategy (4 methods with formulas), sales tax nexus & compliance, and 35+ business deductions with dollar examples.
Head-to-Head Comparisons
Payroll (Gusto vs ADP vs Paychex), accounting (QuickBooks vs Wave), payments (Stripe vs Square vs PayPal), banking (Mercury vs Relay vs Chase). Side-by-side feature tables with real pricing, not affiliate-padded "best of" lists.
9 Free Templates
LLC Operating Agreement (single & multi-member), NDA (mutual & one-way with toggle), Freelance Service Contract, Invoice with late-fee language, Employee Offer Letter, Independent Contractor Agreement, One-Page Business Plan, LLC Meeting Minutes, and Partnership Dissolution Agreement. No email gate, no paywall.
7 Interactive Calculators
S-Corp tax savings, LLC cost by state (all 50), quarterly tax estimator with safe harbor, break-even calculator with profit table, startup cost estimator (9 business types), freelance rate calculator, and employer cost calculator with W-2 vs 1099 comparison. Real inputs, real outputs.
Strategy & Planning
Beyond the tactical guides, BizBake covers the big decisions: business plans (the one-page version that actually gets used), exit strategies (selling, acqui-hires, succession planning — with SDE and EBITDA valuation math), and when to quit your day job (financial runway formula, insurance transition options, and the decision framework that removes the emotion).
How We Write
Plain language first
No jargon without explanation. No acronyms without definition. If your grandmother wouldn't understand it, we rewrite it until she would.
Real math, real examples
Every guide with a dollar amount shows the actual calculation. Not "it depends" — actual numbers you can plug your own situation into.
Answer first, context after
We don't pad articles with 500 words of preamble before giving you the answer. The answer comes first. The why comes after, if you want it.
Honest about what we don't know
Verified guides are labeled "Verified" (personally tested). Others are labeled "Beta — Based on Best Available Knowledge." Nobody else does this.
How It All Connects
BizBake handles the business infrastructure. BakePrint handles the business operations. BakeBuilt does the math. The handoffs are natural: BizBake helps you form an LLC, then BakePrint shows you how to build a website for it. BizBake covers funding options, then BakePrint shows you how to set up invoicing. Need to know if an AI receptionist is worth it? BakeBuilt's calculators run the numbers. Every BizBake guide cross-links to relevant BakePrint blueprints, and BakeBuilt tools give you the data to make confident decisions before you spend a dime.
Who Built This
BizBake is built and maintained by @chef_keaton, founder of The News Bakery LLC. Every guide, template, and calculator is researched, written, and quality-checked by hand — then cross-referenced against IRS publications, SBA resources, state Secretary of State offices, and actual practitioner experience.
This isn't content-farmed AI output published at scale. It's a curated, opinionated resource built by someone who actually formed the LLC, filed the taxes, and navigated every step documented on this site.
Stay Connected
🛠️ BakeBuilt
Interactive AI business tools — ROI calculators, AI tool recommenders, revenue estimators, budget planners. Run the numbers before you commit.
📬 The Newsletter
Weekly AI, tech, and business insights. BizBake guides, BakePrint workflows, and The News Bakery commentary — all in one email.
🎥 The News Bakery on YouTube
Video walkthroughs, tool demos, and business strategy commentary from the founder.