Properly affect limits on your personal liability.  Register as a foreign entity.  Meet all business licensing requirements. Verify the identity of business partners.   Use professionally prepared standard contracts. Name a Resident Agent you trust. Use professionally prepared contracts. Protect your intellectual property. Execute operating / shareholder / partnership agreements.  Be ADA compliant.  Confirm your accountant’s advise with an attorney.  Have a business succession plan.  Understand tax implications of doing business with nonprofit organizations.  Have employees sign confidentiality & noncompete agreements. Bring a bid protest.  Develop employee hiring & termination policies.  Know what to do if you’re hit with a law suit.  Secure trademark registrations.  Raise capital. Properly withhold and report payroll taxes.  Use a corporate records binder.  Negotiate your commercial lease provisions.  Own your web site content.  Track your on-going contractual obligations.  Establish a procedure to handle business dissolution.  Understand government contracting requirements.  Develop emergency spill reporting procedures.  Know what to do when the IRS calls.  Get Serious.  Find a lawyer.