The Entrepreneur School is a big fan of using LLC’s as the legal entity of choice for your business.  Read Professor Jim’s previous blog on the topic.

For all of our blog readers located in the city of Atlanta, I wanted to advise the very easy steps you need to take in order to file for an LLC.  You don’t need a fancy lawyer to do these steps of the process.  You may need to consult a lawyer for other aspects of getting your business going, but don’t waste money on a lawyer for Reserving a Name and filing your Articles of Organization.

Reserving a Name:
Cost: $25
http://www.sos.georgia.gov/corporations/name_reserve.htm
Follow the easy steps to sign up for your company name.  You will then receive an email with a reservation number that will be required for the next step:

Filing Articles of Organization
Cost: $100
https://corp.sos.state.ga.us/Business/LLC/Default.aspx?XID=74ae8209-c5b4-44b4-8ffd-7d67bcdcc755
Fill in all required information.  A Certificate of Organization will be created and downloadable in a pdf format.

Annual Registration
Cost: $30
Be sure to re-register your LLC each and every year.

For more information about the process for Georgia, click here.