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Jobzle – Rhode Island Student Entrepreneurs

Campus Entrepreneurship

Founders include some Brown University engineering students and and a computer science major at the University of Rhode Island. BTW, we recently posted on the upcoming 2011 Rhode Island Business Plan Competition (which will award nearly $200,000 to start ups in Rhode Island.).

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How to Choose a Business Location

Up and Running

Will you easily be able to find employees? Can you afford to pay your employees at least the minimum wage? Ultimately, they decided on a location in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, located right off the 95 and on every major bus route. How do you fit in with or stand out from your competitors? Is safety very important?

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Insuring The Success Of Your Small Business

YoungUpstarts

Employee Insurance. Employee insurance has three parts: Workers Compensation Insurance – This insurance must be obtained through a commercial insurance provider or your state’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance Program. Employee insurance covers your workforce. The first is optional. The second is mandatory.

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Am I Properly Insured as a Business Owner?

Up and Running

Many variables determine what sort of business insurance you should carry, including the size of your business, whether or not you have employees, and what sort of work you do. If you have employees and your business is in the United States, insurance is no longer optional — you’re required by law to carry some types of policies.

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What is an L3C?

Up and Running

Currently, you can form an L3C in Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, and Wyoming, and in the federal jurisdictions of the Crow Indian Nation of Montana, and the Oglala Sioux Tribe. Pros of The L3C Structure.

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What Is a Benefit Corporation?

Up and Running

Now, you can create a benefit corporation in: Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington D.C., with many more states in the pending legislation phase.

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Does Your Small Business Need Workers’ Compensation Insurance?

YoungUpstarts

Statutory workers’ compensation laws are particular to each state, but in general, businesses having employees that are not large enough to self-insure must carry workers’ comp insurance. The Number of Employees You Have Matters. In most states, if you have just one employee you must carry workers’ compensation insurance.