Although I appreciate this list is aimed at a narrow case (incorporation in Delaware with operations in California), I'd still pay a little more attention to the "choose a name for your business" stage to avoid surprises.<p>At the very least, check the name isn't a registered trademark in a similar business (at uspto.gov), and that there isn't another significant company with the same name globally (opencorporates.com is a good starting point, as well as Google).<p>You don't want to limit international expansion later by picking a name that is a well-known company already. For example, when Burger King expanded to Australia in the 1970's the name Burger King was already trademarked locally, so they had to rebrand as Hungry Jack's.<p>Of course also do a Google search to see if words in the name are widely used, perhaps meaning something unsuitable in another language.<p>Finally, although maybe becoming less important, it's useful if the .com domain is available (either unregistered, or at a reasonable price).<p>Better to do all this before spending the money on incorporating with a name you might need to change later.