Learn what documents you need to incorporate your business, and find out how to file articles of incorporation yourself with the secretary of state.
What You Need and How to File Articles of Incorporation
James Woodruff
James Woodruff has been a management consultant to more than 1,000 small businesses over the past 30 years. This background has given him a foundation of real-life experiences for his freelance writings on business topics. James has written extensively for Bizfluent, SmallBusiness.Chron.com, and Work.Chron.com.
He previously had his own firm that specialized in financing exports from the United States to clients in Central and South America. James received a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and an MBA in finance from the Columbia University Graduate School of Business.
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