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Why is everyone a Delaware corporation? That makes me feel like my company should be a Delaware corporation. ;-)
by aclark 15y ago
Why is everyone a Delaware corporation? That makes me feel like my company should be a Delaware corporation. ;-)
- mikeklaas 15y agoWhy corporations choose Delaware [PDF]: http://corp.delaware.gov/whycorporations_web.pdf http://corp.delaware.gov/whycorporations_web.pdf
- r00fus 15y agoCorporations choose Delaware because the lawyers who incorporate them (usually contracted from big firms) choose Delaware.
- brown9-2 15y agoSee http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_haven#North_America http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_haven#North_America and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_General_Corporation_Law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_General_Corporation_La...
- chintanp 15y agoCheck these detailed answers on Quora, http://www.quora.com/Why-do-a-lot-of-public-companies-incorporate-themselves-in-Delaware http://www.quora.com/Why-do-a-lot-of-public-companies-incorp...
- unfasten 15y agoIf you're really thinking about incorporating in Delaware then you might want to check out this post, "Why incorporating my startup was my worst mistake" http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2399139 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2399139 It's about the experience another HN user had incorporating his startup in Delaware and also generated a nice discussion about things to think about before you decide to incorporate (and specifically in Delaware).