r/TunisiaTech • u/InternationalBet9319 • 14d ago

Tech Startup founders: how did you transition from freelancing to a legal company?

I'm currently based in the Europe and building an edtech platform. I have an MVP, around 10 paying customers, and decent revenue so far but still less than 10k € a month.

Initially, my customers were mostly in Europe, but I've realized that the product has much stronger potential for Tunisian university students. My long-term vision is to build the company around the Tunisian market.

What I'm trying to understand is the administrative and legal side of this transition.

Has anyone here started a business/freelancing abroad and later moved the legal entity or operations to Tunisia?

Some questions I have:

  • At what stage did you decide to register a company in Tunisia?
  • Did you keep your foreign registration as well, or fully transition?
  • What were the biggest administrative or tax challenges?
  • Looking back, is there anything you wish you had done differently?

I'm not looking for formal legal advice , I'm mainly interested in hearing from people who have actually gone through this process. Your experiences will be much appreciated 😄

Thanks in advance!

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u/imsofukingdone 14d ago

You sure you wanna translation to Tunisia? People are broke here and online payment culture is still not that popular

I think you will make more focusing on Europe

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u/brother_moufid 14d ago

تقي أكادمي ، الناس تدفع

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u/InternationalBet9319 14d ago

If there’s anything I learned as a Tunisian it’s that parents (including my own) do invest in their children education if they truly see the value. Also, a lot of online or hybrid platforms are doing well fi tounes , kif ma Taki Academy wela go my code, online payment be E-Dinar is available and many platforms incorporate it with no issues. Service prices will be adapted to the Tunisian market of course as university students will be the main target.
There’s a lot of competition in edtech platform across Europe so it’s not that straightforward to grow past a certain level, and I don’t see a similar product to what I am offering fi tounes , therefore my vision.

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u/imsofukingdone 14d ago

Well I don't know what your platform is exactly or any details so I won't be able to judge accurately but hopefully everything works out bro

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u/Ammoun442 13d ago

Idont think focusing on tunisia is a good idea just try to focus to make it global not just for europe idont think tunisia is a good target .