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Business Prenup: What To Do Before You Start A Company With A Partner

YoungUpstarts

Here are a few tips to ensure that you and your partners start out on the right foot. For example, an attorney can assist with issues concerning corporate formation (such as the pros and cons of corporations, limited liability companies and other structures) that may impact liability. Congratulations! Bankruptcy?

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Why Entrepreneurs Must Learn to Love Paperwork  

The Startup Magazine

There will be plenty of it early and often during your entrepreneurial journey, but rather than look at it as a headache you should consider the many ways in which it will help protect you, your family, and the company as a whole. Personal asset liability protection is not ironclad. You must abide by your operating agreement.

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How to Put Personal Money into Your Startup In 6 Steps

The Startup Magazine

It is estimated that at least 80% of all startups rely on personal funds from their founders for operations, albeit in their formative stages. A limited liability company status, for instance, will protect you from your business’s legal hurdles and their costs too. Bootstrapping is a common way to fund a prospect.

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Why Startups Should Consider Hiring LLC Formation Services 

The Startup Magazine

This is important, especially since your choice will impact things like what is the extent of your personal liability, how will you pay taxes, and how much is your share of profits. . One of the business structures you can consider when starting your business is the limited liability company (LLC). To Save Money.

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How To Choose The Best Legal Structure For Your Business

The Startup Magazine

If you enter into a partnership, you’ll be held responsible for all your decisions and the decisions your partner makes. Limited Liability Company. However, the US Small Business Association notes that there may be some limitations on which startup legal structure you can switch to based on the locale.

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How a DBA May Help Take Your Business to The Next Level

The Startup Magazine

There seem to be never-ending decisions to make when operating a business. For example if your business is acquiring new partners, and you do not want a list of surnames as your business name, filing for a DBA tradename can help. Or perhaps, your unregistered business of “Sally’s Sweets and Savouries” wants to operate under a new name.

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What Kind Of Company Should You Create?

YoungUpstarts

Limited Liability Company (LLC). An LLC is a common choice of business entity for many startups because of the flexibility it provides in the company’s often fluid early lifespan. The single-member LLC was created to apply some of the same benefits of limiting liability to single-owner companies.

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