How to form a Delaware corporation (C corp) | Stripe

Here’s a quick guide to forming a Delaware C corp, including the process, benefits, and other important factors businesses should consider.

Annual Report Statistics

Recent statistics about the State of Delaware, the Division of Corporations, and businesses large and small that decide to make Delaware their corporate home.

Delaware C Corp

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Delaware C Corp

33 votes, 65 comments. Hello everyone, I recently applied to two funds (YC and Hustle) and received feedback that I wasn't accepted because my…

Delaware C Corp

33 votes, 65 comments. Hello everyone, I recently applied to two funds (YC and Hustle) and received feedback that I wasn't accepted because my…

Founders Hub | Transform Finance

The founder playbook for building a company that lasts and stays true to why you started it. Research, case studies, and practical tools for incorporation, fundraising terms, board structure, ownership, and culture.

7 Startup Agreements That Save Companies (and Friendships) | Signus

Founder blowups and cap-table surprises are mostly preventable. A focused seven-document set—Founders Agreement, SAFE (Post-Money), Mutual NDA, Independent Contractor Agreement, Advisory Agreement, Consulting Agreement, and PIIA—closes the early gaps that orphan IP, muddle equity, and stall deals. Right-size what you send; use the subset that fits the moment. Clarity beats memory.

The corporation—a return to origins?

This paper contributes to contemporary debates in political theory about the power of business corporations by offering a genealogy of the corporation through the lens of a series of historical mutations of the corporate form. Originally, there were two corporate forms, both non-profit: member corporations (today's associations) and property corporations (today's charitable foundations). The contemporary business corporation arguably is a hybrid of both of these original forms, introducing unique commercial features (shares with profit distribution rights that are transferable). These commercial features are largely responsible for the corporation's extractive nature, that is, its tendency to prey on non-shareholder interests. The future of the corporation may well lie in a partial return to the two original non-profit forms. Two corporate forms developed in the nineteenth century can provide the format for such a return: cooperatives (which reinforce the idea of membership) and foundation-owned companies. The cooperative structure is a halfway house between a business corporation and a member corporation (association), and in a parallel fashion, a foundation-owned company is a halfway house between a business corporation and a property corporation (foundation). If we want to reduce corporations’ extractive nature, facilitating the spread of cooperatives and foundation-owned companies seems the way forward.

Stripe Atlas | Incorporate your startup in Delaware: C corp or LLC

Stripe Atlas is a simple, powerful way to incorporate a US company. Everything you need to start a business in a few clicks—we'll handle the legal paperwork.

Traits of Founding Teams That Win — An IT VC’s perspective

By Christopher J. Rust, Founding Partner, Clear Ventures

The Network State: How To Start a New Country

Technology has enabled us to start new companies, new c…

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