Assess the real commercial arrangements and who may lawfully perform the work. Taking orders does not itself grant the applicant US work permission.
Coordinate operations with the actual status plan
Identify the people responsible for fulfillment and management at each stage. Avoid claiming the investor can work from inside the US merely because the website is already live.
Identify who can adjust closing and release conditions in the agreement, and confirm the correct consular or status process for the applicant before treating either the closing date or a travel date as fixed. Form the company and secure the lease and licences first, spend or escrow the funds so they are committed, hire the first technician, then apply; do not begin working in the business until admitted in E-2 status. Keep the intention to depart when status ends visible in the plan, and avoid commitments — staff start dates, equipment delivery, a family move — that assume approval on a particular day. E-2 requires funds already spent or irrevocably committed and at risk, so the lease and equipment orders should be in place; a properly conditioned escrow may be used for the purchase price. Work backwards from the lease commencement and mark the last point at which each obligation could still be deferred or renegotiated, since a fixed rent liability running against an enterprise that cannot yet lawfully be operated is the specific risk this sequence exists to avoid.