Where are software startups these days? In San Francisco, California; Budapest, Hungary; Bangalore, India; Kigali, Rwanda; Skolkovo, Russia; and Shenzen, China. With the cloud boom, geographic boundaries are a thing of the past. Great companies can be built anywhere, selling apps and products to customers living anywhere.

Yet while the importance of geography is starting to dissolve, there are still times when a foreign business wants to set up shop in the U.S. Perhaps it’s because U.S. consumers feel more confident when purchasing online from a registered U.S. company. Maybe you want to sell your products on Amazon U.S., or use a payment gateway like Stripe that requires a U.S. bank account.