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Founders incorporate for a lot of different reasons. Here are the ones we see most.
Corporations can issue preferred stock with the rights and protections institutional investors typically require, something an LLC’s membership structure was not built for.
New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania all require a corporation to have bylaws and, once formed, to hold organized board and shareholder meetings, formalities an informal handshake agreement does not satisfy.
Stock options and restricted stock are built around a corporation’s share structure, and getting the paperwork right from the start avoids a messy cap table when you raise your next round.
A certificate of incorporation is the beginning of a corporation, not the whole of it. We pick up wherever a filing service left off.
Both structures protect your personal assets. Most founders who reach this page have already decided, but if one of these sounds like you, it is worth a second look before you file.
An LLC skips the bylaws, board meetings and share ledger New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania each require of a corporation, with less paperwork to keep current.
Either structure can work here. What matters more is how you want profits, control and a future sale handled, and that is a conversation, not a form.
Neither structure is required just to test something. Many founders wait until there is real traction, or real investor interest, before choosing either one.
Still not sure? That is what the first call sorts out.
Book a free 15 minute callFive steps, and we handle all of them.
We clear your name in New York or Pennsylvania and file the certificate of incorporation with the state.
Every corporation needs a registered agent and a federal EIN before it can open a bank account or hire anyone.
We help you decide who sits on the board at the start, and how that changes as you bring on investors or partners.
A corporation is legally required to adopt bylaws, and we write ones your board can actually follow instead of a boilerplate template that sits in a drawer.
Shares are not real until they are authorized, issued and recorded in a stock ledger, the step most online filing services never touch.
Ready to incorporate the right way, not just file paperwork?
We handle incorporation for founders across New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania from our Brooklyn and Philadelphia offices and now Newark, and we build the governance a bank, an investor or a future buyer will expect to see, not just a filed certificate.
We handle the certificate of incorporation, the EIN, the registered agent and the initial filings New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania each require to form a corporation.
We draft bylaws your board will actually use, run your first organized board meeting, and issue and record shares the way New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania each require.
We keep your corporation in good standing as you grow, bring on investors, or add a new state to the mix.
A properly maintained corporation keeps your personal assets separate from business debts and lawsuits, protection that only holds if the formalities are actually followed.
Preferred stock, multiple share classes and a board structure investors recognize are all built into a corporation from the start.
Clear bylaws and documented board actions mean decisions do not get relitigated later, by a co-founder, an investor or a court.
The same attorney who forms your corporation can also help negotiate your first investment round.
Call (917) 515-1825 or contact us online to get started
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None of this takes bad luck. It is what happens when a business stays unincorporated, or gets incorporated without the governance a bank, an investor or a buyer will expect.
Most institutional investors will not put money into a business that is not a corporation, because their fund's own rules typically require preferred stock.
Without a corporation, your personal assets stay exposed to business debts and lawsuits in a way incorporation is specifically designed to prevent.
Selling a stake, bringing on a partner or handing the business to a family member gets harder to document cleanly without stock to transfer.
Buyers and acquirers expect to buy stock or assets from a corporation, and restructuring at the point of sale costs you time and leverage.
A corporation gives you access to preferred stock, multiple share classes and a governance structure institutional investors and future buyers already know how to work with.
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