Benefit Corporation

3 Tips For Starting A Successful Benefit Corporation (2025)

Updated: April 15th, 2025

Want to start your own benefit corporation? Here are some tips you should know:

We've interviewed thousands of successful founders at Starter Story and asked what advice they would give to entrepreneurs who are just getting started.

Here's the best advice we discovered for starting a benefit corporation:

#1: Tippy Tippens, founder of Goods That Matter:

We chatted with with Tippy, founder of Goods That Matter ($5K/month). In our interview, Tippy says:

Noticing what we are seeking/needing as individuals and finding commonalities with others’ needs is a constant source of inspiration for product and service ideas.

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#2: Tippy Tippens, founder of Goods That Matter:

We chatted with with Tippy, founder of Goods That Matter ($5K/month). In our interview, Tippy says:

It’s my opinion, you can never really be fully ready or prepared - the important thing is to begin and start filling in the gaps as you go along.

Additionally:

If you’re starting a product based business, try to be patient, it really does take time and retail is really tricky. It’s been 8 years for me at this point and as a bootstrapped, small business, it’s very hard to get over the hump to the next level. I’m still working on it!

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