We're not just talking about hardware startups, but tiny service businesses and the like. While getting off the ground, they might have minimal startup expenses

We're not just talking about hardware startups, but tiny service businesses and the like. While getting off the ground, they might have minimal startup expenses but also near zero revenue. You might say they should wait until they have more revenue, but there's no good reason to force them to register an LLC later, with all the pointless change to bank accounts and such that entails, if you don't need to. I mean, I don't hate that I paid $50 or so (IIRC) to register my VA LLC, but any more than that is getting to be a bit much.