How to Incorporate in California and Stay on the Budget?

This is really useful information for me; I'm probably just going to go and do the paperwork by-hand, mostly because I'd like the experience of doing so.<p>Also, I'm fairly certain that S-Corps can waive their first year minimum tax (the $800), although they have to pay in their second year of operation.<p>Anybody else done the corporate dance in California?

This is the first detailed account I've read of how one would incorporate in the US (though I'm aware it's state-specific). Suddenly the red tape and costs associated with incorporating in the UK seem less terrifying in comparison.