I love this state but man, it is so hard to start a company when you're poor. The FTB alone will gut you, and god forbid you're just a tiny Etsy shop trying to grow. You really can't afford to try to make more money on the side when you're poor unless it's slaving away in the gig economy.

I wish there was a threshold of ARR that you can stay under and not have to pay the FTB fees. That would really help tiny businesses.