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13 Critical Small Business Legal Requirements to Start a Business

Up and Running

Limited liability company (LLC) – A structure that combines the characteristics of both corporations and partnerships. You’ll need the EIN to pay taxes for your business, apply for licenses and permits, open a bank account, and hire and pay employees. Still, you can use accounting software or work with a tax professional.

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How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup

Both Sides of the Table

Shame about not getting it in legal writing that you owned the original IP. Founded it as a California LLC but your potential VC wants a Delaware C-Corp? I know he’s smart but you wouldn’t hire a Javascript developer to do your database design – would you? Here’s a hack for you.

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How to Scale a Venture Capital (or Private Equity) Fund

David Teten

Hire more non-Partner staff. – Hire more Partners. For a VC fund to be actively engaged in a large number of investments, it needs to hire more Partners to sit on more boards. If you’re thinking of hiring a Partner, I suggest see How to Negotiate a Partner Role at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Firm.

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Five signs it’s time to get your business organized

www.greenhornconnect.com

1) You and your partners have developed IP critical to your business. Intellectual property is the most valuable asset most startups possess, so it is crucial that the startup, not the founders, own IP developed for the business. 2) You’re hiring employees. 2) You’re hiring employees. Join Greenhorn Connect.

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Picking Ventures: Part 2 - Startups and angels: Along the way to.

Tim Keane

By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. " We all have heard/repeated the investment mantra about "big, growing markets" with "unfair advantage IP" position. Startups and angels: Along the way to success. « Picking Ventures: Part 1 | Main. | » September 28, 2011.

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Legal Checklist for Startups

Scott Edward Walker

Form a corporation — not an LLC (see post here ) or a partnership (see post here ). Button-down IP ownership and assignment issues (see post here ). Button-down IP ownership and assignment issues (see post here ).

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What Is the “Walker Startup Package”?

Scott Edward Walker

Form a corporation — not an LLC (see post here ) or a partnership (see post here ). Button-down IP ownership and assignment issues (see post here ). Button-down IP ownership and assignment issues (see post here ). Set-up vesting schedules for the founders (see post here ) and file 83(b) elections with the IRS (see #3 here ).