Incorporation is the forming of a new corporation.
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Incorporate company for running a web2.0 website to be used globally
I live in India. I need to start a social networking site here for the indian users as well as spread it to users abroad in USA, Europe, Australia. As of now, I start as a 1-man startup. I need to ...
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Form 1 Corporation for Multiple Small Businesses?
I am currently doing Freelance work as a programmer. I also would like to try a few ideas for some small Drop-shipping style eCommerce websites.
What I am wanting to know, is can I form a single ...
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Question About C-Corp, Shareholder, and Officer
Person A wants to start a C-Corp in California operating a news website. He is wondering if the following form is legal?
A is the only Shareholder and the only Director owning 100% equity.
A will ...
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Web Startup: Living in Florida, incorporating in Delaware/Florida? [duplicate]
I am running single owned web startup right now. Its not live yet so that is why I am posting this question. I am currently living in Florida for past 3 years and within next couple of months I will ...
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Domain name confusion
(apologies to those who had to read the prior messy and insanely long text. i shortened it as below)
I will be thankful for your insights on possible domain name conflicts in the following case.
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Language for Articles of Organization LLC Ownership
I am in the process of drafting the articles of organization for my LLC.
I would like to specify in there, that the ownership of the LLC is specified with units, and LLC members receive a certain ...
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Setting up daughter companies?
I have a federally incorporated company, lets call it Company INC, and a bank account for it. The company activity is listed as a technology company, but I want to branch out and do some more ...
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Co-Founder of Company wants to quit
I have a unique problem that I was hoping to get some clarity on.
The Co-Founder of our business (in Canada) wants to end the business and get out. The company has been operating for 3 years and has ...
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Startup advice on business structure for an international call center
I'm Canadian and living in Canada and I have a professional friend who is American and living in the States. He and I want to start a call center. The operation will be centered around him for sales ...
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Can I use the registered agent address as the “actual business address” in CA and DE? [duplicate]
When using web services such as bizfilings.com to file articles of incorporation, they provide free registered agent for a few months. The articles for incorporation using these services ask for ...
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Can I incorporate my internet business in California/Delaware without a “physical address”?
I am planning a startup in internet space and I live in California. I do not wish to use my home address as the place-of-business (physical) address in the incorporation documents due to concerns ...
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Can I resubmit under my company an abandon patent that was under my name?
If I submitted a patent under my personal name and it was abandoned, can I later resubmit or rather submit it under my company name?
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Can a non-profit entity form a for-profit small business?
Can a non-profit organization with federal tax exempt under section 501(c) form a child commercial company? Of course, the small business is not the main theme of the mother company, just a ...
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Which country to incorporate web startup in?
If we have a web startup originally targetting users from country A, but the majority of users end up to be from America, is it sufficient to have the company incorporated in country A?
Additionally ...
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Paying Delaware franchise even if filed after the end of accounting year
Ok so this is somewhat urgent since the Delaware franchise tax is due in a day, but right as I was about to pay I had a question: Do I need to pay any franchise taxes this year even though I ...
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If a foreigner incorporates federally in Canada for a web company, is provincial registration required?
If a foreigner wants to incorporate in Canada for a web startup which will have no actual physical presence in Canada (except for the required director), does he have to also register (and pay taxes) ...
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Set up an American corporation for a foreign national
I know a US citizen, I'll refer to as Frank, who was approached by a friends brother, Harry, who owns a mobile data account management company in Canada.
This company currently purchases accounts at ...
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Will Your Employeer Find Out if You Incorporate? (United States)
If you work full-time for a large Fortune 100 company and register a Delaware corporation, will your employer find out about it? Obviously there is some public record, but is this something easy to ...
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Initial board meeting for single person c-corp
Is it unnecessary to have a board meeting (meeting minutes) when it's just a single person in the newly formed company (Delaware c-corp)?
Should you issue yourself shares immediately upon ...
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Will I REALLY save on taxes by incorporating offshore?
I'm about to launch a product and need to register a company (in order to handle payments for my product, and get a merchant account). I'll give specific information on my own situation below, but my ...
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Seek advices for equity distribution about our situation [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Forming a new software startup, how do I allocate ownership fairly?
We are still in the early stage of a company doing seo syndication tool and I would like your ...
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Anual Report was Filed but 'NOT GOOD STANDING' according to Cyber Drive Illinois
I mailed in the Anual Report (with payment) for the company about a week before it was due but according to the Cyber Drive Illinois it has not been filed and the check has not been cashed. It is now ...
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Non-US Citizen Corporation
I'm not-US citizen that want to incorporate C-Corp. My company should based on advertisements as primary income. I will fly to US in order to open US bank account. I'm not intend to hiring permanent ...
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C-Corp vs LLC. How much more complex?
I am starting a technology business with my 50% partner. We are trying to decide between an LLC and a C-Corp. (We are in Michigan) In our case an S-Corp probably won't work too well. I've read a ...
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Should a short term consultant incorporate?
I have recently been employed as a consultant doing software development for a company based in California (for around $100K). I am a US citizen and I am thinking of incorporating, mainly for the ...
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C Corp Physical address
I am the owner of a C Corp in DE. Developers are working remotely across the country.
I live in PA.
am I required to register a foreign entity in PA and other states that the developers are working ...
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Tax Year & Incorporation Question
My partner & I just won $30,000 in a business plan competition. We haven't incorporated yet (and therefore haven't cashed the check). We plan on spending all the money to get the business ...
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State of incorporation for remote workers
I have a single-member LLC and do programming contract work for clients. My LLC is incorporated in North Carolina, where I used to live, but I am currently and for the foreseeable future living in ...
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What legal documents should I receive after incorporation of a private company?
Few months ago, I started to incorporate a private company in India. Due to legal process overheads, I outsourced the task to a reputed law company.
Now, whole process is almost finished. I want to ...
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Minimum Cost of Par Value for 10 million Common Shares (Delaware)
It is my understanding that many tech startups form their C Corp in Delaware and issue 10 million common shares for various reasons.
My question has to do with Par Value per share. Most startups ...
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What's the cost and paperwork of dissolving a Delaware corporation?
I have been working with my co-founder for the past year and recently we decided to part ways. However, about 2 months ago we incorporated our business in Delaware. Each of us is starting from scratch ...
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Incorporated in US but expenses in another country?
I'm forming a US C corporation in Delaware. Paid the service fees to a lawyer and everything's ready to be filed.
My goals are very simple as:
Having a US presence for user credibility,
Opening a ...
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Use a law firm to form c corp
Is it necessary to use a law firm to form a Delaware c corp with only 1 owner/shareholder?
Can I just do that myself? even though I live in a different state?
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Reasons not to start as an S corporation for a small professional services firm
My understanding is that an S corporation is the easiest for a new firm, and can always be changed to a C corporation later. What are the reasons not to do it this way?
The firm under consideration ...
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How long does it take for a lawyer to incorporate and organize a startup?
Assuming just the typical documents are made such as shareholder agreement, bylaws, stock purchase agreement, IP agreements, etc.
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are there tax benefit considerations when choosing a fiscal year end for a canadian corporation?
For a canadian corporation, is there any tax considerations for choosing a specific date for the fiscal year end? (for example, is it different to end the year in April vs December in terms of tax ...
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Can I be incorporated in two states?
I am currently incorporated in NC and am expanding my business to NY. Can I operate in NY with my NC incorporation? Or must I form a new corporation in NY? Can I possibly just use a DBA in NY?
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Dividing Equity Between Founders [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Forming a new software startup, how do I allocate ownership fairly?
A good friend of mine and I have conceptualized and have been working on an idea for over a year. The ...
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How to structure even number of board of directors?
We are in the process of setting up a board structure for our startup. Everybody on the board will have their own veto rights on important matters, such as capital injection, spending limits, getting ...
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Incentivizing crowdsourcing through stock/equity IOUs: 1 free share per submission
During its mission to raise popularity in the midst of the dot-com boom in '98, TravelZoo gave a few free shares to each person who signed up for their mailing list.
Hypothetically, let's say I'm ...
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How to incorporate a Delaware C-Corp for a startup with two founders?
My co-founder and I recently went through the process of incorporation. I just got back the documents for the filing of a Delaware C-Corp and noticed my lawyer setup my co-founder as director and that ...
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Tricky Stock Creation Scenario
My partners and I own a couple business'. They are both LLC's. We want to start a third as a shell corporation which will own the other two by way of shares not the LLC partner names on everything ...
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How do I shut down a C-Corp?
I created a C-Corp a year ago thinking that I needed a company when I really never did. I haven't ever done anything with it and haven't heard about it since I created it. I want to shut it down to ...
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Temporary UK registered office
I am just about to incorporate a company in the UK as I am about to go through a thirteen week accelerator programme.
In order to incorporate I am required to provide a registered office address, ...
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Can vesting schedule apply to non-founding officers?
Can a vesting schedule be applied to a non-founding member of a corporation (eg. an officer, employee, etc)?
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Where to put vesting schedule for founders?
For a new corporation, should the vesting schedule and related conditions be written in the Articles of Incorporation, Shareholders Agreement or as a separate document?
Thanks for any advice.
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Should I register my C Corp in Delaware if I live in Virginia and I'm doing business in Virginia?
I called a CPA in Virginia and he told me it's better to create your C corp in Delaware, because their tax system is so flexible that you don't need to pay for state tax. Is that true? And is it Ok if ...
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Can a person own more than 1 corporation in Canada?
If some already owns a corporation, can he create and run another one at the same time?
Thanks in advance.
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Does every account (Paypal, Mailchimp etc.) need to be in the Corporation's name, to make that account belong to the Corp?
Q1. Does every account (PayPal,Sendgrid,Heroku,AWS,Mailchimp) need to be in a company's name to make the company liable for anything that might go wrong, not the founders (to a reasonable degree of ...
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Is it wise to incorporate after beta?
We're two Italian developers, and we're about to release a software technology in open beta. However, we're not incorporated as this is a long-term side project of ours and we're both employed ...
