I know every run of the mill merc can easily create a corp.I also know not every company is successeful.
I have created and disbanded countless corps.
let's face facts you can't be successful by recruiting every member in local chat (which is impossible)
nobody on the forums will acknowledge recruitment threads. if they do, they make their own thread reducing chances even more.

Conclusion #1. there will be no more big corps out like true blood or dust university
Conclusion #2. my fast food corp will always have 1 member (me)
Concussion#3. this thread will most likely be bumped before anyone reads it

I know every run of the mill merc can easily create a corp.I also know not every company is successeful.
I have created and disbanded countless corps.
let's face facts you can't be successful by recruiting every member in local chat (which is impossible)
nobody on the forums will acknowledge recruitment threads. if they do, they make their own thread reducing chances even more.

Conclusion #1. there will be no more big corps out like true blood or dust university
Conclusion #2. my fast food corp will always have 1 member (me)
Concussion#3. this thread will most likely be bumped before anyone reads it

Befriend noobs. Give them ISK to help them buy skill books. Squad up with them. Teach them tactics; help them make wise SP choices, and answer their questions. This will help you build a corp. it's going to take a lot of blood/sweat/tears to reach a decent size though. Good luck.

In before forum sinkage

I understand your frustration, though I think more big corps will rise in time. Diversity in the corps out there would be good, this is not to say that they are all the same, but there are certainly trends. I think if it were easier to meet new players it may help. I have been tossing around ideas in my head on what may help get people into my corp before starting to actively recruit.

I know every run of the mill merc can easily create a corp.I also know not every company is successeful.
I have created and disbanded countless corps.
let's face facts you can't be successful by recruiting every member in local chat (which is impossible)
nobody on the forums will acknowledge recruitment threads. if they do, they make their own thread reducing chances even more.

Conclusion #1. there will be no more big corps out like true blood or dust university
Conclusion #2. my fast food corp will always have 1 member (me)
Concussion#3. this thread will most likely be bumped before anyone reads it

Sver started from nothing... try not to disband but stay around. No one expects to be the best corp, I joined for fun and somehow got ranked in 1st. It takes a lot of time Amazon, Microsoft, Apple none of these where build in a day, but they stood the test of time. That's all you really need to do and everything will take care of itself. Trust me.

Actually SVER is one of the factions that you select in MAG. They just happened to get all the best players and dominate

No they just happened to get all of the players.

RAVEN Industries mate we were back in the early days the boss faction.

You listed three conclusions about a problem. Any suggestions on solutions?

Players joining corporations is a huge thing for us, its something we really want to encourage. Not only does it tend to mean people stick around in the game longer, it tends to mean having more fun. Hell I have a lot more fun while in a corporation.

Correction noted. Thanks.

You gotta start somewhere. With the tax rate, your startup corporation can be a savings account until you acquire members. Yes I am Mr. Brightside

idk maybe when someone joins a new corp he'll get some kind of present (modules, suits, weapons)... of course with a limitation so you can't exploit this by leaving and joining coprs over and over again.

As per FoxFour's request, suggestions:

1. Streamlined corp finder which gives a number of parameters a corp can fill out and a player to search for. For instance, a corp can fill out any faction allegiances for FW, a time frame they are most active, mic requirements, age requirements, etc and then the players can search for corps using these parameters as well as narrowing down the search by tax rates, players, etc.

2. More things for corps to do, perhaps even a matchmaking system for corps where battles take place in instant battles. Perhaps separate it into three groups - 4v4, 8v8, and 16v16 - then you simply form up your squad of however many players you prefer (this means we'll have to wait for the team deploy feature) and it finds another corp for you to compete against.

3. More benefits to corps. You know one thing a lot of corps want? Their own warbarge. How sweet would it be if you could purchase your own (stealth cloaked ) warbarge that you go to instead of going to the Merc HQ. I mean, you want to try to promote a social environment yet every time we log in we are in an isolated room by ourselves. Add a corp room, as simple as copying the current warbarge, and people will think its cool and want to join a corp for it. If EVE players don't like the thought of this then fine, in the case of EVE-Dust cross corps only do this for the Dust side players.

4. Quick navigation to apply to corporations. Searching for a corporation can take awhile, and even with the idea proposed in point 1 it can still be a bit tedious. But what if you are playing a match and meet some cool people in a corp and think, "Dang, I'd like to join that corp." Well how about when you select their name on the player lists there is a new option, "Apply to this player's corp."

5. Online players love customization beyond no other. Why not allow players to customize their dropsuits and vehicles, maybe even weapons, with their corp colors and logos? People not in a corp will get jealous and want to join, I promise.

6. Allow corp members to put their assets into the corporate assets, then the CEO and directors can determine who has access to corp assets.

You listed three conclusions about a problem. Any suggestions on solutions?

Players joining corporations is a huge thing for us, its something we really want to encourage. Not only does it tend to mean people stick around in the game longer, it tends to mean having more fun. Hell I have a lot more fun while in a corporation.

You listed three conclusions about a problem. Any suggestions on solutions?