# leonar15/startup-checklist

A checklist for incorporation so you can get back to building your product, fundraising, etc.

Repository: https://github.com/leonar15/startup-checklist
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/startup-checklist
License Family: other
Topics: incorporation, incorporation-documents, irs, foundersandcoders, bizdev, california, delaware, founders, startup, startups
Last push: 2025-10-23T18:25:57+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 54/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 48, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3720, "days_push": 314, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2585, forks 208 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:02.640302+00:00)

## What it is
A community-maintained checklist walking founders through incorporating a Delaware C-corp (or S-corp) with employees in California, covering DE registration, IRS filings like EIN and 83(b) elections, and related steps. It is a learning resource, not software, and explicitly advises consulting a lawyer.

## Use cases
- incorporate a Delaware C-corp for my startup
- checklist for filing 83b election after stock grant
- steps to get an EIN from the IRS for a new company
- register a startup in Delaware with employees in California
- what paperwork do I need to incorporate a company
- bootstrap a Delaware S-corp with IRS Form 2553

## When to choose
- You are a technical founder incorporating a US startup, especially Delaware + California
- You want a free, step-by-step overview of the incorporation and IRS filing sequence
- You want community-maintained links to official forms and services

## When to avoid
- You need legal advice or jurisdiction-specific guidance outside Delaware/California
- You want automated filing software or a legal service rather than a manual checklist
- You are incorporating outside the United States

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: documentation, workflow-automation
- domain: legal, developer-tools, tutorials
- platform: -
- tags: checklist, incorporation, delaware-c-corp, startup, founders, irs, california, web-server

## Member repositories
- leonar15/startup-checklist (main) score 54

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:02.640302+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:22:27.879494+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/leonar15/startup-checklist (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:02.640302+00:00, sha 1e690b9dcd6d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.