I Ran The Company.
I Broke The Company.
I Wrote It All Down.
Hi, I'm Derek. The Founder Kit is everything I wish someone had handed me before I started MoonTax.
The Short Version
I started MoonTax in my 20s with no degree, no certifications, and no real idea what I was doing. Figured it out on the way. Hundreds of paying customers and 20+ employees later, I'd had a front-row seat to every mistake a first-time founder can make — and I paid real money for each one.
Why I Built This
Every time I talked to a guy in his mid-20s stuck at a job he hated, the conversation was the same: "I have an idea, I just don't know what to actually do on Monday." There's a mountain of content telling him to "go for it" and almost none telling him what that means. So I wrote the playbook I wish I'd had — and trained an AI advisor on it so the help doesn't stop when the course does.
The Receipts
No theory. No borrowed authority.
Hundreds
Paying customers served at MoonTax
20+
Employees hired, managed, and learned from
10+
First-time founders personally taught
Self-taught
No degree, no certs, no "program" credentials
What I'm Not
A few things worth saying out loud.
Not a creator-first operator
I didn't build an audience and then sell a course. I built a company first.
Not selling a lifestyle
No rented cars, no beach photos, no "I made $10k while sleeping" hooks.
Not claiming perfection
A lot of what's in the playbook is there because I got it wrong the first time.
How I Teach
Plain English. Real numbers. Dollar-specific lessons — this mistake cost $X, this decision saved $Y.
If something's uncertain, I'll say so. If something's a rule, I'll tell you why.
Ready To Start?
If any of this sounds like the kind of help you actually want, take a look at the playbook and AI advisor.
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