Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

The most common business entity used for startups is a Limited Liability Corporation (LLC), which is the cheapest and simplest to manage. In fact, this context is your best opportunity to attract a co-founder who has the business skills and interests that are complementary to your technical strengths.

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David Teten

OCTOBER 21, 2017

Eric Rosenbach , Former Chief of Staff to Secretary of Defense and Co-Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, Ms. Campbell , Founder & President, FutureGrasp, LLC, Mr. Jonathan Nutzati Fontaine , Founder, CEO at Mothership Aeronautics, Mr. Alexsey Matyushev , CEO & Co-Founder, Natilus.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 16, 2021

“It has been awe-inspiring to see so many people take the leap towards business ownership as a means to change their lives and follow their dreams, especially in the face of such adverse conditions,” said ZenBusiness CEO and co-founder Ross Buhrdorf.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

“Begin with the end in mind or risk being side tracked” Advice from James Griffith, Co-founder of Mous. Advice from Samantha Strom, Co-founder of Hazel Lane. Get a technical co-founder. The toughest part is that my cofounder and I are non-technical co-founders.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 4, 2019

by Vinnie Fisher, co-founder and chief visionary of Total CEO and author of “ The Best Investment: A Better You “ As the end of the fiscal year approaches, many new business owners are finding themselves panicking to get their books in order. Vinnie Fisher is the co-founder and chief visionary of Total CEO.

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Hearpreneur

MAY 18, 2022

My co-founder and I started our labor-only moving company as the first movers ourselves. Thanks to Tom Mumford, Undergrads LLC ! #5- In 2010, I co-founded Community Tax LLC, a tax company dedicated to helping customers nationwide with tax preparation, bookkeeping, and accounting services. 4- To leave an impact.

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David Teten

MARCH 14, 2018

Managers of VC funds typically want to grow their business aggressively, just like the founders we back. Among the sites we have found most helpful with practical guides for founders: Biztree , First Search , Foundersuite , Goodwin Founders Workbench , Guides.co , Inc.com , and StartupRocket. .

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 13, 2020

I now am the CEO and founder of Berri Properties in Asheville and Charlotte, NC. I started Mobile Home Friend, LLC with my son back in 2015. Thanks to Chuck O’Dell, Mobile Home Friend, LLC ! #6- Thanks to Cindra McCoy, Guide Dots, LLC ! #14- Thanks to Matthew Myre, Berri Properties ! 6- To foster human connection.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

Steven Raz, co-founder and managing partner of Cornerstone Search Group, LLC, believes successful entrepreneurs need the ability to “operate and make decisions with incomplete information.” Many other entrepreneurs agreed with Olender and stressed the importance of quick and smart decision-making skills.

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David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Should you co-found your company with a software development shop? foundries/studios, e.g., BetaWorks, Idealab, Accretive LLC, Lux Capital; see detailed list here. foundries/studios, e.g., BetaWorks, Idealab, Accretive LLC, Lux Capital; see detailed list here. What are the terms of their relationship with the founder?

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

by Jeffrey Kadlic, co-founder & managing partner of Evolution Capital Partners. Jeffrey Kadlic is the co-founder and managing partner of Evolution Capital Partners LLC, a small business private equity fund investing growth equity nationwide in Second Stage Companies.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 19, 2019

Listing the co-founders initials and adding Realty would project the same old. I chose DevBev Co. Thanks to Devin Beverage, DevBev Co. ! #6- My co-founder and I came up with our company name by getting really drunk one night. Thanks to Zach Messler, 26th Letter LLC ! #11- 6- Whilst very drunk.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

On October 15, Capital Factory hosted the Latinx in Tech Summit, where over 100 founders, investors, executives, and aspiring entrepreneurs from across the city gathered together for an inspiring and insightful afternoon. Despite not having formal coding skills or startup experience, Pamela became a founder by using Facebook as her platform.

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Austin Startup

JULY 31, 2018

How to foster dynamic civic participation, ignite citizen co-creation, and leverage human-centered urban design Lessons learned in the 20-year history of Smart Cities are testaments to the truth that successful and sustainable Smart Cities cannot be built solely upon the technology mainframe.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

To avoid the tax implications of co-mingling personal and business funds and assets, create your business entity before you hire anyone or spend money building the product. The primary business entity options include a sole proprietorship, Limited Liability Company (LLC), or a Corporation (B-Corp, C-Corp, or S-Corp).

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 28, 2022

Thanks to Scott Hasting, BetWorthy LLC ! #7- Since my co-founders and I haven't agreed on the company name yet, we decided to post in one of the Business Naming Facebook groups that we joined. My wife and I co-founded our Web development and digital marketing agency atCommunications, LLC in 1999.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Setting up the business as an LLC or C-corporation can now be done online with low registration fees and minimal risk. Almost anyone can start a company today on a shoestring budget, following these cost-cutting recommendations: Establish a solid legal structure for your business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

A popular approach these days seems to be for founders to regale investors early with a pitch touting the newest “million-dollar idea.” In the United States, this is a limited liability corporation, or LLC. If your strength is technology, find a co-founder who has a comparable strength in business, finance or marketing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2021

Peers won’t be able to help you much in finding external investors, co-founders with prior experience and industry connections for distribution and marketing. You will learn the most by facing the tribulations of establishing an LLC and dealing with insurance, personnel and tax issues. Then branch out to local business groups.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 21, 2018

by April Zimmerman Katz, president of the Zimmerman Companies and co-founder of Versa LLC. The shared office space concept has risen steadily in popularity over the past decade, and by 2020 more than 26,000 co-working spaces will be in use globally, according to Small Business Labs, which tracks trends in small businesses.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The best ones I have seen are about twenty pages, and cover all the key business issues, as well as your own background and experience, as well as co-founders and key team members. Establish a legal presence and intent via the Internet. Make sure you can get consistent names on Twitter, Facebook, and other key social media sites.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 15, 2021

Thanks to Jill Caren, 2 Dogs Media LLC ! #4- 5-My co-founders’ wife came up with it. As much as I would like to take credit for the name it was my co-founders’ wife that thought of it. The thoughts were LI Shades Co, Island Shades, things like that. Thanks to Richa Bansal, Pinkcareers LLC ! #17-

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

John Borchers, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Decathlon Capital, claims to be the largest revenue-based financing investor in the US. RBI structures help to protect the equity of both founders and investors. However, according to Bryce Roberts, co-founder of Indie.VC, only 0.6%

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Hunter Walker

JULY 14, 2016

Adrian Aoun, Founder/CEO, Forward. Greg Badros, Founder, Prepared Mind Innovations; Former Engineering VP, Facebook. Clayton Banks, Co-Founder, Silicon Harlem. John Battelle, Founder/CEO, NewCo, Inc. Ayah Bdeir, Founder/CEO, Little Bits. Piraye Beim, Founder/CEO, Celmatix. Vint Cerf, Internet Pioneer.

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Hunter Walker

JULY 14, 2016

Adrian Aoun, Founder/CEO, Forward. Greg Badros, Founder, Prepared Mind Innovations; Former Engineering VP, Facebook. Clayton Banks, Co-Founder, Silicon Harlem. John Battelle, Founder/CEO, NewCo, Inc. Ayah Bdeir, Founder/CEO, Little Bits. Piraye Beim, Founder/CEO, Celmatix. Vint Cerf, Internet Pioneer.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Shira Sue Carmi, the founder of Launch Collective, reminds us that the business of launching a clothing brand is as important as the artistry: Fashion is amazing in the way it balances art and commerce, but it’s a business. Sole proprietorship or LLC? Anna Livermore, founder of fashion business consulting company V.

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Scott Edward Walker

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

different perspective as a lawyer (lots of phone calls from founders with problems). not an LLC or a partnership; the world of startups is the world of corporations. Zuckerberg” problem – IP is not assigned to the company by the founders and/or third-party developers (including in foreign countries). doing this for 18+ years.

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Scott Edward Walker

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

i) Rule 506 preempts State law, which means all you have to do is file a Form D and pay a filing fee; and (ii) no disclosure requirement/PPM Possible to sell to “friends and family” (e.g., issues to address include: How have they treated their other portfolio companies? Are they good guys or jerks? Can they be counted-on and trusted?

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Hearpreneur

MAY 4, 2019

David Kidder explores this in his new book and tries to help companies deal with this change through his firm, Bionic Solutions LLC. It starts with a pilot, with often is pretty small: just one or two teams of co-founders dedicated to growth opportunity areas for six months or so. But they’re not going down without a fight.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2023

As part of The Startup Magazine Female Founder series , The Startup Magazine caught up with Gina Diaz, entrepreneur and top immigration and real estate attorney, Ms. She is also a founding member of We Win, LLC, an organization dedicated to introducing women to the world of real estate, and We Win, NFP. The sky is the limit.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

Noreen Sablotsky is the founder and CEO of Imalac , a revolutionary company in the breastfeeding world. eld of marketing and sales for Ciba- Geigy Pharmaceuticals before co-founding Noven Pharmaceuticals in 1986. Sablotsky continued her professional career as Vice-President of Portfolio Development for Jacobs Investments, LLC.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

RBI normally requires founders to pay back their investors with a fixed percentage of revenue until they have finished providing the investor with a fixed return on capital, which they agree upon in advance. For background, see Revenue-Based Investing: A New Option for Founders who Care About Control. Decathlon Capital.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Funding challenges and other issues founders face in the early days of starting up were the focus of interviews with the latest guests on Entrepreneurs are Everywhere , my radio show on SiriusXM Channel 111 (airing weekly Thursdays at 1 pm Pacific, 4 pm Eastern). Will Zell , co-founder and CEO of Nikola Labs wireless power company.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 27, 2012

Praetor Global LLC. My co-founder and I have been friends since grade school and have been competitive with each other at everything including our fitness. Sean Ogle , Location 180, LLC. I often find myself turning to the Brain Trainer app in the office to clear my mind before starting a heavy work-related task.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Operating as an LLC or a corporation would provide protections. If you plan to operate as a limited partnership, corporation or LLC, you will need to file the appropriate documents with state authorities. The circumstances in which a founder can be removed from the company. Converting will come at a higher cost.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

1- I credit my co-founder. I credit my co-founder Eric Frothingham with coming up with our name. In the end, I came up with the name, High-Tech Freelance LLC. Thanks to Carol Kasten, High-Tech Freelance LLC ! #12- Her picture is my office as an added reminder of the woman I consider our real founder.

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Hearpreneur

MAY 22, 2020

Thanks to Patricia Diesel, Keep It Simple Now, LLC ! #2- Eight years ago, I founded STERLINGS Mobile Salon & Barber Co, a mobile full-service salon for busy professional men and women that parks right at their places of business. Thanks to Kush Kapila, STERLINGS Mobile Salon & Barber Co. ! #6- 2- Sticking to my routine.

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