Incorporation Questions

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...

Marketing Incentives Incorporation Equity Crowdsourcing

asked Sep 2 '12 at 14:24

Maxim Zaslavsky
101 points

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,...

Board Management Incorporation Investors Shares

asked Sep 12 '12 at 19:27

Jaxons
16 points

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...

Incorporation Shares

asked Aug 22 '12 at 02:23

Matt Akers
118 points

Can a vesting schedule be applied to a non-founding member of a corporation (eg. an officer, employee, etc)?

Incorporation Vesting

asked Aug 11 '12 at 04:15

Dave
34 points

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...

Incorporation Tax Delaware Corporation

asked Aug 3 '12 at 00:49

Hendi Valentino
1 point

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...

Incorporation Legal Beta

asked Jul 5 '12 at 19:03

Tunnuz
101 points

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...

Incorporation Legal Liability Paypal

asked Jul 22 '12 at 16:41

Dmurtagh
157 points

I have a small number of clients for whom I provide IT and website hosting services on a recurring basis (all side-work). While I'm still just breaking even due to hardware/cloud expenses at the...

LLC Incorporation Consulting California

asked Jun 19 '12 at 03:00

Matt Beckman
132 points

So we have our idea, the site map pretty much laid out and designed, and now we are ready to start looking for a development team. Right now we have three founders and we are looking for one...

Co-Founder Incorporation Business

asked Jun 19 '12 at 08:42

Derek
164 points

My company (or soon to be) is looking at becoming an S-Corp. Right now most of our funds are tied up in the company and we can't really afford to hire an attorney to do the work for us. Can we get...

Incorporation Legal S Corp

asked Jun 29 '12 at 04:58

Mike
19 points

We recently formed a c-corp in DE and are currently bootstrapping as we look for outside investment. Since we are currently based outside of DE, we will need to file as a foreign corporation at...

Incorporation Legal

asked Jul 3 '12 at 05:42

User18626
6 points

I currently live outside of the US and I want my small (one person) software company to be in US jurisdiction. I'm not making enough money yet to justify forming an LLC, so I thought about filing...

Incorporation International DBA

asked Jun 3 '12 at 20:38

Mike T
174 points

Two other founders and I are planning to start an S-class tech firm. All of us have a government background and are new to the process: one founder is the notional CFO and has thus far handled the...

Getting Started Co-Founder Incorporation Equity

asked Jun 12 '12 at 04:40

Fox
126 points

If I and an investor own 50% of the outstanding shares in a limited company each, can I transfer some of my shares to another entity without the investor's (or any other shareholders') approval?...

Incorporation Business Shares

asked May 29 '12 at 11:39

Kate
99 points

The reason I'm asking is this: I currently run a sole proprietorship. I plan to establish a Limited company in 6 months time. The Limited company will take ownership of all software I produce in...

Incorporation Legal

asked May 29 '12 at 17:45

Nilzor
138 points

I am an engineer that will soon be having a sole client, an Austin, TX based company. I will be providing my services while working from my home office (in NY state); occassionally (say, once in a...

Getting Started LLC Incorporation Startup Costs

asked May 14 '12 at 06:56

User3262424
107 points

Myself and two others have founded a start up and would like to incorporate. There are several sites that set up and file online (LegalZoom being one example), and I was wondering if in early...

Contract Incorporation Online Lawyer

asked May 15 '12 at 03:26

Zugwalt
135 points

Ten years ago I formed an S-Corp in Maryland with myself as the sole shareholder and director. Unfortunately I didn't have a handle on making all the required tax filings and payments, and the...

Incorporation Corporate Structure Corporation Corporate Legal Entity

asked May 16 '12 at 08:26

Maryland Business Owner
6 points

I own a US C coporation and i've linked a checking account to it with an EIN. I'm a freelancer and I've received some payments for my services through Google checkout & Paypal, The total amount...

Incorporation Tax

asked May 5 '12 at 21:35

Ryan
139 points

My business model is subscription based therefore I need to use a payment service that is practical for this purpose. Unfortunately, as far as I researched, such services are only available to US...

Incorporation Foreign Tax

asked May 6 '12 at 16:49

Kaan Soral
66 points