Ask HN: Should you incorporate as a public benefit corporation from the start?

I'm looking to incorporate a company in the state of Delaware (as a C-Corp) with the intent to eventually seek certification as a Benefit Corporation. Should I be trying to do this from the outset?

There's a small chicken-egg problem where the product itself risks failure, but the status afforded by being a Benefit Corp can bolster the early perception of our company's goals significantly. I'm hesitant to invest a lot of money upfront (and potentially ongoing, depending on the costs of continued certification and compliance) until we are generating sufficient revenue. When bootstrapping, every dollar certainly counts.

Has anyone dealt with this previously? Have you formed a corporation only to later receive certification? Or did you seek certification at the outset? And what kind of costs am I likely to incur as a result of either path?

Thanks in advance! Happy to edit to provide more details if necessary.