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This! Delaware is simply the choice for most because of conventions, marketing, and (legal) history. The ideal choice should be Wyoming in my humble opinion.



Why wyoming vs nevada


Unless you live in Wyoming or Nevada, you plan on raising VC money[1], or you know that you will be having substantial business operations in multiple states, you should generally incorporate an LLC in the state in which your primary business operations will take place.

[1] Most VCs require C-Corps. A few enlightened VCs will invest in LLCs, recognizing the tremendous tax benefits of the LLC form. In either case, they will require the entity be formed in Delaware due to its business law history.


It’s cheaper


If the annual renewal cost of your business entity is a dominating factor of where you're going to site the entity, you should probably be thinking strongly about whether you should be forming an entity at all.




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