GiantCrayon

scratches head I tried to convert my site (http://www.shiveringkittens.com) and just got back the original form, with no apparent PDF document to download. What'd I miss?

I am not certain about LLCs, but IME, once you have formed a corporation, you can apply for an EIN (Employer Identification Number, also sometimes called Tax ID) as a corporation, in which case, your personal citizenship may not matter.

While I would probably agree with the advice given here about contacting a lawyer, you could start with BizFilings.com's 800#, and see if they can give you some good advice for free first. (I've used them in the past, and while I had a few minor complaints, they do a generally decent job for little money. In any case, they won't charge you anywhere near what a lawyer would.)

HTH

I just finished reading a book on this very topic, and recommend it highly.

_Perfect Passwords_ by Mark Burnett, available at:

http://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Passwords-Selection-Protection...

It's full of great analysis, as well as a fun table of the 500 worst passwords of all time. :)

(Note: I am not connected with the publisher or author in any way.)

Not to sound simplistic, but I think most any coder would work for a modest salary if the work were meaningful or exciting to him/her. My first job (coding) was for a company that made special software for financing insurance premiums. No offense to anyone in that field, but to me, it wasn't a terribly interesting subject matter.

On the other hand, I regularly see offers of people willing to volunteer on iPhone game projects just so they can learn the ropes -- it's just that interesting to them.

So, perhaps you should only offer the equity/money/bennies after you've found someone who's passionate.

Within the last few years, I've inherited a number of projects written using several of the above choices. While I don't want to appear _too_ negative, IME, apps produced using cross-platform GUI kits look bad on all operating systems.

I'd like to offer a "none of the above", which is to code the underlying "engine" of your app in C++, then connect that engine up to an OS-native GUI.

Just my $0.02.