The Case Against Delaware (2002)
Most of you focused on iteration and entrepreneurship should appreciate Delaware simply for its incorporation status alone.  Why does everyone incorporate in Delaware do you ask?  Is it some tax break or something purely financial, as most people guess?  Nope.  It&#x27;s because Delaware put a stake in the ground a LONG time ago and said that they want to be the experts at dealing with business law.  So much so that they have their own special court system brought over from England called the Court of Chancery, which iterates its laws at a much faster pace than typical government to keep up with the current business environment.  This court system is comprised of Chancellors and Justices who are known to be the best in the world at business law.  And when you take a close look at who elects the Court&#x27;s officials, its strictly divided into half Republicans and half Democrats, with mixed representation from legal and non-legal backgrounds, same with politics.  It&#x27;s about as unbiased as one can get.  and from an experience perspective, the Chancellors and Justices ONLY focus on business law cases.  Would you want your business case to be dealt with by a judge who just had a divorce case before yours and a criminal case after yours? 
 I wouldnt either.<p>And from a development perspective, Delaware made their own Division of Corporations almost like a lean startup with the goal of making it the EASIEST and FASTEST way to incorporate your business, with their business hours being 24&#x2F;7 with international support.  You can literally incorporate your business in 15 minutes or less.  Try doing that in your home state.  Look into the history of the Division of Corporations and the Court of Chancery if you&#x27;re interested, it&#x27;s a fascinating story.<p>So at the end of the day, when you&#x27;re incorporating a company and inspecting your fiduciary responsibilities to your future employees, shareholders, investors and customers... you want to make sure you incorporate wherever the Business laws are most up to date, with a fast process, a quick judicial system that plays the game by the books and will be swift and fair with a proven track record of extensive experience.  Delaware has made itself the no-brainer solution to all of those problems.<p>And for that, we should thank them (regardless of how shitty their tolls are, ha).