What drives us
Making the complex simple, building systems that run on their own and watching every client grow.
About us
Expert judgment, in plain business language.
We’re the legal, tax and finance team behind Founder Works and Founder Desk.
Why Founder Check was born
No one should pay for advice they can’t understand.
Founder Check was born from something we saw every day: founders and companies paying for advice they didn’t understand. Reports full of jargon, answers that came too late and the same old question: am I doing this right?
We come from that world: tax, legal, accounting and finance. The expert judgment was there; the problem was how it arrived: expensive, late, in a language business owners don’t speak and without an answer that told you what to do.
So we brought technology and expert judgment together. Founder Desk, your virtual office with us, organizes, reminds and explains; the partners review, decide and answer: yes, no, or what’s missing to decide, and they sign what they recommend. And we’re with you all year, not only when something blows up.
Who it’s for
- Founders
- Growing SMEs
- Foreigners and investors
- Independent professionals
What we solve
Where who we are meets what you need.
What we’re good at
International tax, numbers and finance, and product: legal, accounting and finance seen as one business.
What Costa Rica needs
Expert advice within reach of any company, decisions made with data and more businesses growing within the formal economy.
Why clients choose us
Peace of mind, time, paying what’s fair within the law and clarity to decide.
At the center Expert judgment you can understand, every month.
Team
Who works with you.
A team that grows with every specialty it adds.
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Managing Partner · Tax & Legal
Ricardo Mora
Tax attorney
Leads Tax & Legal, Founder Check’s tax and legal practice, and the product vision. Advises companies on international tax planning, tax litigation and Free Trade Zones, and shares tax knowledge in plain business language as Ricardo Mora Tax.
Specialties
Track record
- Tax attorney
- Experience at the world’s largest law firm and at a Big 4 firm, as an international tax advisor
- 8+ years advising high-profile clients and companies in Costa Rica
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Partner · Accounting & Finance
Adrián Badilla Morales
Accounting, financial analysis and planning
Leads accounting, finance and processes at Founder Works: financial statements, cash flow, profitability and admin outsourcing. The numbers behind every recommendation.
Specialties
Track record
- CPI (Contador Privado Incorporado), Costa Rica’s licensed private accountant
- 10+ years at local and international companies
- Consulting and technical strategy that brings technology into processes
Our promise
Do business without tax anxiety.
We keep it like a partner: we tell you the truth even when it’s not what you want to hear, with a concrete answer, in writing and signed by the person advising you; we explain it in your language and we show up before there’s a problem.
Book a sessionHow we work
Four rules we don’t compromise on.
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Answers, not hedging
Yes, no, or what’s missing to decide. Every deliverable says what happened, what it means for your company and what comes next.
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Judgment with a signature
Every answer is signed by a partner, with a first and last name, who stands behind it.
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All in one place
Your information, documents and history, always at hand.
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You choose
Everything happens in your free Founder Desk account: we do it for you with Founder Works, or you run it yourself with a paid plan.
Our logo
Something small, with order, becomes a hive.
A single bee is small. But with order and structure, every cell in its place and every task on time, it builds a hive. That’s how we see every company: what starts small grows strong when it has a system. That’s why our bee is made of hexagons, the piece every hive is built from.
Free newsletter · every Friday
Your weekly Costa Rica tax newsletter.
Every Friday, a clear summary in English of what changes in Costa Rica’s tax rules: reforms, deadlines and reminders that matter to your business.
- Reforms explained clearly, without jargon
- Deadlines and reminders before they hit
- One email a week; unsubscribe anytime
Welcome gift The 10 expenses Costa Rica’s tax authority (Hacienda) rejects most Subscribe and we’ll send you the PDF guide (in Spanish).
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A clear answer · your route with the first steps · a signed written summary
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