Corporations
The form of institutional capital.
The corporation is the oldest institutional form and the one that still dominates when capital wants scale. This course teaches C-corps, S-corps, non-profits, and B-corps — their formation, governance, equity mechanics, and the corporate formalities that hold the veil.
The Scholar finishes able to form a corporation, draft bylaws, run a board and shareholder meeting properly, and maintain the entity year over year.
- 01
Distinguish corporate forms.
- 02
Draft articles and bylaws.
- 03
Maintain corporate formalities year over year.
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2–3 weeks · ~10 hours plus the Lab.
- IModule
The corporation, understood
The oldest institutional form.
- IIModule
The corporate forms
Each in depth.
- IIIModule
Formation documents
The founding paper.
- IVModule
Equity
The instrument of ownership.
- VModule
Governance
The people in the corporate hierarchy.
- VIModule
Meetings and minutes
The formalities that hold the veil.
- VIIModule
The corporate veil
The whole reason to incorporate.
- VIIIModule
Ongoing corporate life
The unglamorous.
- 01Annual reports and franchise taxArticle12m
- 02Federal tax filingsArticle12m
- 03S-corp elections and revocationsArticle12m
- 04Foreign qualificationArticle12m
- 05Amending articles and bylawsArticle12m
- 06Lab: Draft corporate bylawsLab90m
- 07Assignment: A corporate-formalities checklistAssignment60m
- 08Reading: Real articles and bylaws, annotatedReading25m
- 09Quiz: Corporate masteryQuiz10m
Corporate formalities are not paperwork. They are the practices that hold the veil that protects your house.