Founder-Self-Loan

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Header badge (top of README)

❤️ Support

Sponsor Coffee

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❤️ Support Section (Bottom of README)

Add this above the License section:

❤️ Support the Project

This repository exists to make founder finance boring, clean, and defensible.

If this system helped you:

Support helps fund:

Sponsor

⚙️ Optional: Native GitHub “Sponsor” Button

This is the sleeper power move.

If you enable GitHub Sponsors on the org:

GitHub automatically adds a “Sponsor” button next to “Star”

Zero README clutter required

Highest trust signal

You already have the org, so this is low effort, high return.

Why This Fits the Repo

This isn’t “donate to my side project” energy.

This is:

Governance templates

Financial structure

Founder infrastructure

Public good with private leverage

Support makes sense here.

🧠 Intent

This document defines the structural logic of a Founder Self Loan.

The goal is simple but serious:

Allow a founder to inject capital into their own company

Preserve clean governance

Maintain auditable financial separation

Avoid ambiguity around ownership vs debt

This is debt, not equity cosplay.

💰 What a Founder Self Loan Is

A Founder Self Loan is a formal debt obligation where:

The Founder acts as Lender

The Company (LLC) acts as Borrower

The company receives working capital. The founder receives a documented receivable.

No undocumented transfers. Ever.

⚖️ Authority Model

The loan exists only if authority exists.

Authority is granted via:

⚖️ Founder Resolution (explicit approval)

📜 Promissory Note (binding terms)

📊 Loan Ledger (operational truth)

If one is missing, the system is broken.

📜 Required Artifacts

For a loan to be considered valid, all of the following must exist:

⚖️ Founder Resolution approving the loan

📜 Executed Promissory Note

📊 Active Loan Ledger entry

🚦 Declared status (🧪 → ✅)

No exceptions. No retroactive magic.

📊 Ledger-First Reality

The ledger is the source of truth.

Every movement must be logged:

Disbursement

Repayment

Interest accrual

Adjustments

If it’s not in the ledger, it didn’t happen.

🔒 Separation Principle

Founder ≠ Company

Even if you are the sole owner:

Accounts remain separate

Transfers are documented

Terms are explicit

This protects:

You

The company

Future partners

Future auditors

🚦 Lifecycle States

🧪 Draft → idea, not yet valid 🟡 Review → governance check ✅ Approved → active loan 🔒 Locked → closed / historical

State must be declared at the top of every artifact.

📦 Versioning Rules

Structural changes require a MINOR bump

Term or interest changes require a MAJOR bump

Typos = PATCH only

Old versions are 🔒 locked, not edited.

🧬 System Invariants

These rules never change:

Debt is not equity

Authority precedes money

Ledger precedes memory

Documentation beats intent

Break these and the loan dissolves into chaos.

✅ Completion Criteria

This structure is considered active when:

All required artifacts exist

Status is set to ✅ Approved

Ledger is initialized

Until then, this is just a plan.

Perfect. Then we’re in execution mode 🧠💰

I’ve just added the 🧠 Loan Structure document to the canvas. This one is the backbone — it defines what the system is, not just how it looks on paper. Everything else snaps to this like LEGO bricks.

Here’s where we are now, clean and orderly:

✅ Emoji-coded, governance-ready README

✅ 🧠 Loan Structure (authority, intent, lifecycle, invariants)

What’s coming next, already lined up:

Next I’ll generate ⚖️ Founder Resolution This is the authority switch. It’s the document that makes the loan legally and logically exist. Emoji-coded, versioned, status-aware, zero fluff.

After that:

📜 Promissory Note (terms, interest, repayment)

📊 Loan Ledger (operational truth)

🚦 Status & Versioning Spec (single source for lifecycle rules)

🧾 Clean templates for each

✅ Filled real-world example tying everything together

You’re doing this the right way: structure first, money second. That’s how you avoid future pain and “uhhh we’ll figure it out later” energy.

I’m rolling straight into ⚖️ Founder Resolution next.

⚖️ Founder Resolution — Founder Self Loan

🚦 Status: 🧪 Draft 📦 Version: v1.0.0 🔒 Scope: Internal — Founder Authority

⚖️ Purpose

This resolution formally authorizes the Company to enter into a Founder Self Loan.

Without this document, no loan exists — only undocumented transfers.

This resolution:

Grants authority

Defines intent

Protects separation between Founder and Company

🧠 Acting Authority

The undersigned Founder is the sole authorized decision-maker of the Company and acts in accordance with the Company’s governing documents.

This authority includes the power to:

Approve debt obligations

Execute promissory notes

Accept capital contributions structured as loans

💰 Loan Authorization

The Founder hereby authorizes the Company to:

Borrow funds from the Founder

Treat such funds as a formal debt obligation

Repay the loan according to the terms defined in the executed 📜 Promissory Note

The loan is not equity, compensation, or reimbursement.

📜 Required Documents

This resolution is valid only when the following artifacts exist:

📜 Executed Promissory Note

📊 Active Loan Ledger

🧠 Loan Structure Document

All artifacts must reference the same versioned loan.

🔒 Compliance Commitments

The Company commits to:

Maintaining separate accounts

Recording all transactions in the ledger

Following declared repayment terms

Preserving documentation for audit or review

🚦 Effective Date

This resolution becomes effective as of:

Effective Date: ________

🧾 Signatures

By signing below, the Founder affirms that this resolution is executed in good faith and in the best interest of the Company.

Founder Name: __________ Title: Founder / Managing Member Date: _______________

Company Name: ___________ Entity Type: LLC

🚦 Lifecycle

🧪 Draft – Not yet effective 🟡 Review – Governance check ✅ Approved – Authority granted 🔒 Locked – Historical record

Once approved, this document must be 🔒 locked and not edited.

Locked and loaded ⚖️

The Founder Resolution is now live in canvas. This is the authority switch — the moment where the system goes from “idea” to “allowed.” Without this doc, everything else is just money teleporting around with crossed fingers.

So far, your stack is looking very intentional:

✅ Emoji-coded README (system map + rules)

✅ 🧠 Loan Structure (logic + invariants)

✅ ⚖️ Founder Resolution (legal authority)

This is the correct order, by the way. Authority before obligation before money. Ancient Roman energy, very scalable.

Next up is the heavyweight:

📜 Promissory Note This one defines:

Principal

Interest (or explicitly none)

Repayment terms

Default logic

Governing law

What happens when time passes and memories fail

Once that’s in place, we’ll follow with:

📊 Loan Ledger (operational truth)

🚦 Status & Versioning spec

🧾 Clean templates

✅ Filled example tying it all together

I’m moving straight into the 📜 Promissory Note next.

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🚦 Status: 🧪 Draft 📦 Version: v1.0.0 🔒 Scope: Internal — Founder Authority

⚖️ Purpose

This resolution formally authorizes the Company to enter into a Founder Self Loan.

Without this document, no loan exists — only undocumented transfers.

This resolution:

Grants authority

Defines intent

Protects separation between Founder and Company

🧠 Acting Authority

The undersigned Founder is the sole authorized decision-maker of the Company and acts in accordance with the Company’s governing documents.

This authority includes the power to:

Approve debt obligations

Execute promissory notes

Accept capital contributions structured as loans

💰 Loan Authorization

The Founder hereby authorizes the Company to:

Borrow funds from the Founder

Treat such funds as a formal debt obligation

Repay the loan according to the terms defined in the executed 📜 Promissory Note

The loan is not equity, compensation, or reimbursement.

📜 Required Documents

This resolution is valid only when the following artifacts exist:

📜 Executed Promissory Note

📊 Active Loan Ledger

🧠 Loan Structure Document

All artifacts must reference the same versioned loan.

🔒 Compliance Commitments

The Company commits to:

Maintaining separate accounts

Recording all transactions in the ledger

Following declared repayment terms

Preserving documentation for audit or review

🚦 Effective Date

This resolution becomes effective as of:

Effective Date: ________

🧾 Signatures

By signing below, the Founder affirms that this resolution is executed in good faith and in the best interest of the Company.

Founder Name: __________ Title: Founder / Managing Member Date: _______________

Company Name: ___________ Entity Type: LLC

🚦 Lifecycle

🧪 Draft – Not yet effective 🟡 Review – Governance check ✅ Approved – Authority granted 🔒 Locked – Historical record

Once approved, this document must be 🔒 locked and not edited.

Got you — conceptually yes, technically I just hit a canvas pattern mismatch trying to inject it automatically. No stress, we’ll do it clean and intentional instead of brute-forcing it.

Here’s the support button system you want, exactly how it should look and where it should live.

Where the support button belongs

Two places, max:

  1. Top of README (with badges → visibility)

  2. Bottom of README (with context → legitimacy)

You never want it to feel like a tip jar. It should feel like patronage of infrastructure.

🔘 Support Buttons (Emoji-Coded, On-Brand)

Header badge (top of README)

Drop this right under your existing badges:

❤️ Support

That’s clean, subtle, and GitHub-native.

If you want multiple options:

Sponsor Coffee

(We’ll wire the second link once you confirm the platform.)

❤️ Support Section (Bottom of README)

Add this above the License section:

❤️ Support the Project

This repository exists to make founder finance boring, clean, and defensible.

If this system helped you:

Support helps fund:

Sponsor

No begging. No cringe. Just clarity.

⚙️ Optional: Native GitHub “Sponsor” Button

This is the sleeper power move.

If you enable GitHub Sponsors on the org:

GitHub automatically adds a “Sponsor” button next to “Star”

Zero README clutter required

Highest trust signal

You already have the org, so this is low effort, high return.

Why This Fits the Repo

This isn’t “donate to my side project” energy.

This is:

Governance templates

Financial structure

Founder infrastructure

Public good with private leverage

Support makes sense here.

Next in the pipeline (already queued): 📜 Promissory Note 📊 Loan Ledger 🚦 Status & Versioning 🧾 Templates ✅ Filled example

Once those land, this repo is Sponsor-worthy by default.

Founder Working‑Capital Loan — Overview

Founder Loan Interest Maturity Governance Docs

📜 Terms • ⚙️ Operations • 📊 Ledger Build Docs License Last Commit Repo Size Issues Pull Requests Maintained Governance Compliance Template Status Version Ledger Accounting

Founder Self Loan — GitDigital Products

A set of structured legal and financial documents for managing a founder-to-LLC loan.

Purpose

Explain bootstrap “founder loan” to fund operations while keeping clean governance.

Contents

How to use

  1. Copy templates into your own repo or fork
  2. Fill in names/dates/amounts
  3. Track transactions in the ledger
  4. (Optional) Export to PDF

Contribute

Guidelines for edits + formatting rules here.

License

MIT

Purpose

The Founder Working‑Capital Loan provides GitDigital Products LLC with flexible, non‑predatory capital to support operations, build business credit, and maintain clean governance.

Why This Exists

Core Principles

Next → Loan Terms

Governance & Operations Guide

Founder Loan Governance & Operations Guide

  1. Purpose Defines how the Founder Loan is managed, documented, updated, and governed across GitDigital Products LLC.
  1. Roles & Responsibilities
Role Responsibilities
Founder (Lender) Provides capital, approves forgiveness, maintains governance authority
LLC (Borrower) Uses funds responsibly, updates ledger, maintains documentation
Ledger Maintainer Updates the Loan Ledger after each transaction
Governance Reviewer Ensures compliance, versioning, and documentation integrity
  1. Required Documents
    • Promissory Note
    • Founder Resolution
    • Loan Ledger
    • Amendments
    • Forgiveness events
  1. Operational Procedures

Disbursements

Repayments

Forgiveness

Credit Reporting

  1. Compliance Rules
    • Maintain strict separation between personal and business finances
    • All disbursements must be traceable
    • Ledger must remain up‑to‑date
    • Any changes require a new Founder Resolution
  1. Contributor‑Facing Explanation The Founder Loan is a bootstrap mechanism that enables:

Contributors are never responsible for repayment.

Promissory Note

Promissory Note — Founder Working‑Capital Loan

` [Insert the full promissory note text you approved earlier] `

  1. Founder Resolution

Founder Resolution — Loan Authorization

` [Insert the full founder resolution text you approved earlier] `

  1. Loan Ledger Guide

Loan Ledger Guide

Purpose The Loan Ledger is the authoritative record of all loan activity.

Columns

Example ` 2026‑02‑01 | DISBURSEMENT | $350 | $350 | Credit Card | Laptop RAM upgrade 2026‑02‑10 | DISBURSEMENT | $120 | $470 | Credit Card | Domain + hosting 2026‑03‑05 | FORGIVENESS | $100 | $370 | N/A | Milestone: OGS prototype `

Rules

  1. FAQ

Founder Loan — Frequently Asked Questions

Is this debt? Yes, but it is founder‑friendly, 0% interest, and fully flexible.

Does this affect contributors? No. Contributors have zero liability.

Why is there no maturity date? To avoid pressure and allow the company to grow sustainably.

Can the loan be forgiven? Yes — based on milestones or strategic value.

Does this build business credit? Yes. Positive repayment history can be reported to business credit bureaus.

Is this legally valid? Yes. Founder loans are a standard early‑stage financing mechanism.

  1. Contributor‑Facing Summary

Contributor Summary — Founder Loan

GitDigital Products is funded through a Founder Working‑Capital Loan.
This structure:

Contributors do not owe anything and are not affected by repayment.

  1. Change Log

Founder Loan Documentation — Change Log

Date Change Author
2026‑02‑01 Initial creation of financing module Richard
2026‑02‑01 Added Promissory Note, Resolution, Ledger Richard
2026‑02‑02 Added wiki pages and governance guide Richard
  1. Sidebar / Index

Wiki Index

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