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Forming an LLC or corporation puts a wall between your personal assets and your business's liabilities, so a problem at the company doesn't reach your house and savings. It also adds credibility with customers and investors, opens up tax flexibility, and gives you a clean structure for ownership, fundraising, and eventually a sale. Operating as an informal handshake leaves you personally exposed and makes bringing on partners or money far messier.
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It comes down to where you're headed. LLCs are flexible and simple, with pass-through taxation—a great fit for many small and bootstrapped businesses. C-corporations are what venture investors expect, and they support stock options and multiple share classes. If you plan to raise institutional money, that usually points to a corporation; if you don't, an LLC may save you cost and paperwork. We'll walk the trade-offs against your actual plan.
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Because investors and acquirers expect the company—not a founder, a friend, or a contractor—to own the core intellectual property. Without signed assignment agreements, ownership can be murky or sitting with the wrong person, and that's exactly the kind of thing that stalls a financing or kills a deal in diligence. Getting assignments in place early, contractors included, is one of the cheapest, highest-leverage moves a young company can make.
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