Each project arrives with its purpose, milestones and first tasks written out. Here is how the first three read.
Founder relocation goals and deal-breakers brief
Founders often pick a country because a friend did it or a programme advertised well, then find the market, the cost of living or the schooling does not fit. A one-page brief of why you are moving, what the company needs from the new country and what you will not compromise on gives every later choice of route and city something to be tested against.
First tasks
- Write the business reason for moving in three sentences or fewer
- List the personal and family deal-breakers for any destination
- Agree a target landing window with your partner or co-founders
- Save the brief in the relocation folder and share it
Founder visa route shortlist across three countries
Many countries run a dedicated route for founders, such as the UK Innovator Founder visa, Canada's Start-up Visa, the Netherlands startup visa or Singapore's EntrePass, while others rely on general self-employment or investor routes. Comparing three routes side by side on who decides, what money is needed, how long the visa lasts and whether it leads to settlement stops you committing months to the wrong one.
First tasks
- Pick three destination countries that pass your relocation brief
- Find the official government page for each founder or entrepreneur route
- Fill a comparison table on endorsement, funds, duration and settlement
- Choose a front-runner and a fallback route and record why
Eligibility check against the official route criteria
Before paying a lawyer or an endorser, it is worth knowing whether you clear the basic bars: age, language level, personal funds, qualifications, criminal record checks and any requirement that the business be new. Working through the published criteria line by line, with your own evidence beside each one, shows the gaps while there is still time to close them.
First tasks
- Copy each requirement of the front-runner route into a checklist
- Note the document or fact you would use to meet each one
- Mark gaps with the time and cost to close them
- List the questions you cannot answer from the official guidance
