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Do you know the difference between sole proprietorships, partnerships, corporations and limited liability companies? Do you know whether to set up an S corporation or is a C corporation better for you? Are limited liability companies really all that and a bag of chips?
Be sure to join me for an information-packed webinar through MyEntre.Net on…
Last night I attended the Greater Des Moines Partnership’s Annual Dinner. It was an interesting evening and I enjoyed listening to the guest speaker Christiane Amanpour discuss her experiences as a global journalist. She is obviously incredibly passionate about her work and encouraged everyone in the audience to "DO GOOD" with their work and…
A new organization called Above the Line America is hosting a Business Growth Summit in Ankeny, Iowa on January 31, 2012 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The Summit is located at the FFA Enrichment Center, 1055 SW Prairie Trail Parkway in Ankeny.
The day should be a great one. Business owners and professionals will get an opportunity to…
The first ever Iowa Startup Fair is taking place on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 from 3 to 6 pm. During the fair, new businesses will set up informational tables to showcase thier projects for an audience of business, investment, civic and other community members.
In Des Moines, the Startup Fair locations will be at the…
Iowa entrepreneurs have an opportunity to connect with potential investors at the i2Iowa Investors and Innovators Forum on April 12, 2012 at Veterans Memorial Auditorium. Business owners and entrepreneurs can pitch their businesses to investors from four tracks which include:
Companies can apply online through…
I saw an interesting post from franchise attorney Michael Webster on the BlueMauMau site on Negotiating Your Franchisee Rights. Some of his helpful nuggets:
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I was researching some issues for an LLC operating agreement and ran across an excellent post from the Wisconsin Business Law Blog on the fact that capital calls are often overlooked by LLC investors. Attorney Todd Goodwin provided the following example,
[i]f a "capital call" provision exists and is exercised by the majority members or
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Franchise Times recently published its Top 200 systems issue in a story by Jonathan Maze. The big takeaway for me is that franchising is on an upswing after experiencing no growth during much of the recent recession. But franchising has returned as a bright spot in the economy according to the article.
Restaurants appear to be the big…
Prospective franchisees should read a new book from The Franchise King, Joel Libava, called Become a Franchise Owner: The Startup-Guide to Lowering Risk, Making Money, and Owning What You Do.
I don’t make that recommendation lightly. But Joel and I share a common passion. We are both passionate about making sure that franchisees…
Over the last 5 years that I have been writing this blog, there haven’t been many Iowa business lawyers who write a blog on a regular basis. But when I was looking at Mike Colwell’s Startup Models site, I noticed a new blog from business lawyer Chris Sackett of Brown Winick called BizB4Law.
Chris wrote…