The Document Nobody Reads — Until Everything Goes Wrong
Your operating agreement is your business’s rulebook. Make sure it has rules.
Two friends start a business, shake hands on 50/50, skip the operating agreement, get to work. Then one wants to sell. The other doesn’t. Without an agreement, you’re in court — and in Georgia, the judge applies the state’s default LLC rules: equal profit distribution regardless of who does the work, equal voting regardless of who put in capital. Without an agreement, you don’t get to choose.
An operating agreement is how you choose. Who gets paid what. How decisions get made. What happens when someone wants out. Corp Nation includes a customized operating agreement template with every LLC Starter Package, drafted to Georgia standards. Banks require it before opening a business account. The SBA wants it for loans. Enterprise clients expect it. It’s not just protection — it’s credibility. Even single-member LLC owners need one. Courts have used the absence of an operating agreement as evidence that an LLC wasn’t truly separate from its owner — destroying the liability protection. Give your business a real rulebook.