Jun 4, 2020
What Is an Annual Report and Why Is It Important?
Some states call it an Annual Report. Other states refer to it as an Annual Registration or Statement of Information. At the end of the day, they are all essentially the...
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May 22, 2020
Why a Pandemic Might Just be the Perfect Time to Start a Company (probably an LLC!)
The U.S. unemployment rate is at its highest rate since the Great Depression with roughly 36 million Americans now without work Even people who are still employed face increased worries...
Apr 29, 2020
LLC Status and Personal Liability Lawsuits
Many business owners mistakenly believe that they cannot be held personally liable for actions that were committed by or through their company. Although setting up your business as a separate legal...
Jan 15, 2020
Operating Agreements and Taxes: What You Need to Know
As you may have gathered from some of our previous articles (for example, read “Does your LLC have a proper Operating Agreement?” and “Important clauses for LLC Operating Agreements“), the...
Jan 13, 2020
What is a Bad Operating Agreement?
I bet you could guess that most of our revenue as a law firm, comes from expensive litigation. But, did you know that most of that expensive litigation is due...
Jan 8, 2020
Free Operating Agreement Template – Bad Idea!
A Free Operating Agreement Template doesn’t make anyone money, so you have to wonder why companies make them available? As a law firm, it probably wouldn’t surprise you to hear...
Jan 6, 2020
Selecting the Right State to Form Your LLC
This is one of those questions where if I was paid a quarter for every time I was asked this question, I would be a rich man indeed. There are...
Oct 29, 2019
Where to Form Your Company: Video Blog
Not sure where to form your company? In this video Larry Donahue, an Attorney with Law 4 Small Business, talks about where you should form your business. Ready to speak...
Oct 16, 2019
How to Start a Restaurant
Starting your own restaurant is a huge endeavor. According to the National Restaurant Association, in 2019 there is $863 billion in projected sales in the restaurant business. There is a...
Jul 25, 2019
Rolling Forward with Your Food Truck Idea
It usually goes something like this: while visiting a friend in Portland, you stopped by one of the city’s 50+ food cart pods the day it wasn’t raining and about...
Jul 12, 2019
How to Form a Food Truck LLC
Food? Check. Truck? Check. Now you’re ready to make your business official. One of the steps in this journey is starting a food truck LLC for your mobile eatery, the...
Mar 13, 2019
Beware of Nominee Services
Why the Small Business Owner Should Think Twice About Handing Their Company Over to Online Strangers. Nominee Services are common in the legal and financial fields. Basically, they allow companies...