How to Incorporate


Recent How to Incorporate Articles

The Art (Not Science) of Picking the Right Partner

By Jerry Useem |  Aug 1, 1998

ffith, a lawyer at Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, in Nashville, remembers the time two men came into his office and announced that they wanted to form a p...  Read more

Why do You Want a Partner?

By Jerry Useem |  Aug 1, 1998

Mardy Grothe, a psychologist with a long track record of counseling partners, answers the question almost every would-be cofounder avoids: What's real...  Read more

Happy Endings

By Jerry Useem |  Aug 1, 1998

So you and your partner have tried everything. You've seen a marriage counselor. You've done primal-scream therapy. And still you hate each other's guts.<...  Read more

Partners on the Edge

By Jerry Useem |  Aug 1, 1998

Brett Cosor and Jeff Studley, co-owners of CPR MultiMedia Solutions, came to dislike each other so much they brought in a marriage counselor to help them thr...  Read more

Reversal of Fortune

By David Raths |  Jun 15, 1998

When Web-based Sapient Health Network was on the brink of failure, CEO Jim Kean quickly reinvented the entire company. A look at how cyberspace has spawned a...  Read more

Upstarts: New-Biz Watch

By Inc. staff |  Jun 1, 1998

For-profit schools: a look at Advantage Schools; Michigan's governor's take on school privatization; and companies that failed in this market.  Read more

Beyond Campus Recruiting

By Christopher Caggiano |  Apr 1, 1998

Steve Burkhart, CEO of Advanced Micro-Electronics (AME), used to get frustrated trying to find qualified job candidates for the PC-maintenance and -networ...  Read more

Piggybacking to Market

Jan 1, 1998

They started in a two-bedroom apartment in Woodland Hills, Calif., making phone calls, writing computer code, and working hard to convince their neighbors...  Read more

Perfect Form

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Dec 1, 1997

Deborah Williams of Black Cat Computer Wholesale describes how she changed her company from a sole proprietorship to an S-corporation to a C-corporation in h...  Read more

Business 101: Incorporation Strategies

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Dec 1, 1997

When it comes to corporate structure, Deborah Williams has pretty much seen it all. Hard as it may be to believe, her company, Black Cat Computer Wholesal...  Read more

When Should I Switch Corporate Status?

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Dec 1, 1997

There are times when a change in corporate structure can bring a growing company all kinds of advantages, such as a boost in the owner's income or greater...  Read more

The Books on Corporate Structure

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Dec 1, 1997

Nobody ever said that corporate-status issues were simple. But here are two goodsources of in-depth information: The Essential Corporation HandbookRead more

The Corporate-Form Menu

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Dec 1, 1997

The most popular types of corporate structure differ in many subtle ways, but these are the biggest differences among them. For a comprehensive dis...  Read more

In Search of the Perfect Form

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Dec 1, 1997

The right business structure can save you money—and headaches  Read more

Hotel Chain Bags Wealthy Acquirer

By Marc Ballon |  Nov 1, 1997

Bob Faith and John Kratzer, founders of Homegate Hospitality, saw an untapped market for extended-stay hotels, located funding, and recently merged with a ho...  Read more

The Dynamic Duo

By Steve Solomon |  Oct 15, 1997

The complementary talents of Gary Hoover and Patrick Spain have helped them start five businesses together, including a 1997 Inc. 500 company, Hoover's Inc.  Read more

Changing of the Card

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Oct 15, 1997

Inc. 500 CEO Laura Scher tells how her company, Working Assets Funding Service, experienced hyper-growth by offering a philanthropic credit card.  Read more

Hot Strategy: 'Be Unprofitable for a Long Time'

By Jeffrey L. Seglin |  Sep 1, 1997

A successful entrepreneur explains why it's almost impossible for his famous cyber-business to turn a profit.  Read more

Burning Down the House

By Edward O. Welles |  Aug 1, 1997

A former car dealer launches an on-line start-up that is reshaping the industry.  Read more

The Best Time of Day to Get Work Done

By Christopher Caggiano |  Jul 1, 1997

Feel as if you spend all day on the phone? Join the club. A recent survey by the American Management Association found that the majority of small-company ...  Read more

Volume Business

By Charles C. Mann |  Jun 15, 1997

What happens when the world's best real-life bookstore battles the world's best virtual bookstore?  Read more

How Can I Choose Compatible Joint Venture Partners?

By Stephanie L Gruner |  Feb 1, 1997

Lisa Jacobson, president of Manhattan-based Stanford Coaching Inc., asks potential joint venture partners to take the same behavioral test she uses ...  Read more

Party of Five

By Jay Finegan |  Oct 15, 1996

44.8% of Inc. 500 companies were started by partners. Here's one.  Read more

Nobody Leaves This Room Until One of Us Starts a Company

By Inc. staff |  Oct 15, 1996

An Inc 500 CEO explains how she decided to start her business.  Read more

Michael Braun

By Tom Ehrenfeld |  Aug 1, 1996

The CEO of now-dead Kaleida Labs, the Apple-IBM joint venture, on what went wrong.  Read more

Fast Times at Web-Site High

By Marion McGovern |  May 1, 1996

A brokerage consultant tells what her company did to set up its web site and offers some advice.  Read more

Selling the Company: When Partners Can't Agree

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Apr 1, 1996

A lawyer explains why partners may opt to hold a corporate auction when they find it's time to sell.  Read more

Incorporation Issues: Keeping Your Businesses Separate

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Apr 1, 1996

An entrepreneur tells why she is keeping her two different companies separate.  Read more

Resource: All About LLCs

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Mar 1, 1996

A quick review of a book that offers the pros and cons of limited-liability company (LLC) corporate status.  Read more

Incorporating: S Corp. or C? See Your Fringe Benefits

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Dec 1, 1995

An accountant offers insight into deciding which corporation status makes more sense for your company and why.  Read more

New Words, Old Rules

By George Gendron |  Nov 1, 1995

Inc.'s editor-in-chief tells how a not-for-profit had to appear "helpless" for tax reasons.  Read more

Resource: The Right Corporate Structure

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Jul 1, 1995

An overview of Cooper Lybrand's publication 'Choosing a Business Entity in the 1990s,' and how to get it.  Read more

Company Profile: Crash Course

By Robert A. Mamis |  Feb 1, 1995

A close-up look at how an entrepreneur took over a company developing automobile collision-avoidance technology.  Read more

A Better-Looking S Corp.

By Sam Starr |  Aug 1, 1994

Pending legislation would put S corporations on a more equal footing with C corporations.  Read more

Partner Wars

By Robert A. Mamis |  Jun 1, 1994

In a tough business environment, partners are crucial, but they always fight. Why?  Read more