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Founder in red tape

2025

Freeing 1000+ founders

Central has
changed my life

Bo Nam

CEO at EightAI

I've used and suffered with nearly every payroll service prior to Central.

Including Gusto, Rippling, Deel, and more for the past 10+ years across 2 of my own startups.

Central has changed my life. I went from spending 5-10 hours every week to literally ZERO time.

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01 PAYROLL

PaY ANYONE
ANYWHERE

US employees

GLobal CONTRACTORS

ONE-TIME PAYMENTs

PAYROLL TAXES

Reimbursements

Michael Jones

Full time employee

$5,400

Michael Jones

Full time employee

$5,400

Vivian Park

Employee • Salaried

$4,685

Salary

$6,500

Tax

–$1,430

Benefits

–$385

Jean Tremblay

Contractor • Fixed

$5,000

Yash Kumar

Contractor • Hourly

$1,900

Denzel Adams

Employee • Hourly

$2,450

Michael Jones

Full time employee

$5,400

Michael Jones

Full time employee

$5,400

02 Multi-state COMPLIANCE

STOP FINES
& PENALTIES

STATE REGIStrations

WORKER’S COMP

MAIL HANDLING

REGISTERED AGENT

Home address updated to California

Alison is your first employee in CA.
CA EDD registration required.

03 BENEFITS

PERSONALIZED INSURANCE
& 401(k)

MEDICAL, DENTAL, VISION

EXPERT GUIDANCE

SMALL GROUP & ICHRA

LIFE, DISABILITY & 401(k)

04 HR & TEAM MANAGEMENT

HIRE, MANAGE
& FIRE

OFFER LETTERS

I-9 VERIFICATION

ONBOARDING

SEVERANCE

Offer letter

Dear Anna Winter,

Employee

Contractor

Fixed recurring fee

Hourly

Invoice based

05 AI teammatE

GET STUFF DONE ON SLACK

FIND & EDIT INFO

START WORKFLOWs

RETRIEVE DOCS

GET HUMAN SUPPORT

Slack

Thread / Central

Andre Carter

Just now

whats our ein & when did we incorporate?

1 reply

Central

APP

Just now

Employer identification number (EIN)

283450140

Incorporation date

Oct 3, 2022

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Slack

Thread / Central

Sienna Bennett

Just now

yo change @Marco’s salary to 150k

1 reply

Central

APP

Just now

Editing compensation for Marco Torres

Current compensation

$100,00 per year

New compensation

$150,000

per year

When should this change take effect?

July 1, 2025

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Slack

Thread / Central

Sameer Joshi

Just now

I need proof of income for my lease application. Can you help?

1 reply

Central

APP

Just now

Here’s a signed employment verification letter with your salary:

employment-verification-letter.pdf

PDF

Central Business Applications Inc

San Francisco, CA 94105

Jan 10, 2025

To Whom it May Concern,

This letter is to certify that Sameer Vinod Joshi has been an employee at Ecstatic Technologies Inc. since 07/01/2022 and earns $200,000 as an Engineering Manager. Sameer Vinod Joshi works in a full-time Lead Designer role at Central Business Applications Inc.

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Slack

Thread / Central

Sabrina Santiago

Just now

send nda to patrick@stripe.com

1 reply

Central

APP

Just now

Drafted an email to send:

Recipient email

patrick@stripe.com

Subject

Sabrina Santiago from Algo sent you an MNDA to sign

Link

https://app.central.inc/docs/mnda/a44e792e-a5da-4a47-915e-abd61919cf3f99

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DESIGNED FOR FOUNDERS
SAVE 10 hours/mo

GUSTO → CENTRAL

I continue to be obsessed with Central. Our insurance plan just dropped Cedars. Within a day, Central selected a new plan for us, walked through options on the phone, and took care of the paperwork. Gusto would never.

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Peter Marler

Founder & CEO at Superunit

MORE THAN SOFTWARE

Central isn't just software you have to figure out how to use. They're so deeply integrated that everything runs on autopilot. I've reclaimed countless hours and cannot recommend them highly enough.

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Joshua Ramette

CEO at Undermind

Amazing support

Amazing product and customer support. They're always quick to respond and really go above and beyond to ensure we're getting the most out of the platform.

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Catheryn Li

Founder & CEO at Simple AI

No-brainer for founders

I started Apten with zero payroll & compliance experience. Since settinng up Central, I spend 0% of my time worrying about any of this stuff. The onboarding is super personalized too.

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Daniel Ho

Founder & CEO at Apten

Slack = Game changer

Before Central, I was stuck with Gusto, wrestling with their platform 10+ hours a week. The Slack bot is a game-changer. I handle almost everything with a quick message. Best part? My team pings Central directly, skipping me entirely.

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Michael Suswal

COO at Generation Lab

All-in-one solution

Central has been the best transition we have made as a business. Not only has it made my life as a founder significantly easier but it has also fixed a ton of existing issues we were facing with HR, payroll, accounting and taxes.

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Dashell Flynn

Founder & CEO at Refine

NO compliance forms

Before Central, we faced slow customer service with Rippling which was a huge challenge. But then we onboarded an employee in a new state without filling any forms - it was a game changer!

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Varsha Ramesh Walsh

Founder & CEO at Offstream

For immigrant founders

As a new non-resident founder in the US, I didn't know how I would even go about paying myself. Central really helped. Onboarding takes a few mins and the Slack bot is the best feature, it makes everything so seamless.

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