From Mike Colwell of Biz I learned about Franchise Interviews which is another resource for those interesting in franchising. The site has several interviews with successful franchisees, franchisors and franchise experts (including lawyers).
I listened to the interview with leading franchise lawyer Kevin Hein of the Denver office of Snell & Wilmer. ( An interesting interview but
Upon my return from vacation I ran across a site called The Franchise Pundit. I have been looking a long time for Web sites that give balanced information on franchises rather than just reciting promotional materials. The Franchise Pundit appears to be such a site.
If you are conducting due diligence on a franchise you
I am excited to announce that the Sullivan & Ward law firm will publish its Iowa Law Blog beginning in mid to late August. The firm’s law blog will cover general legal issues inlcuding the following areas of law:
Yesterday I had an interesting discussion with one of my buddies. He is an executive with a Fortune 500 company out-of-state and he was expressing his frustration with lawyers – actually his own lawyers. He just got off the phone with one of his outside counsel when I called. After talking with him for less than 30 seconds I
The IowaBiz.com site is gaining popularity daily. Yours truly is one of the contributing authors but the other eleven authors have me checking this site every day and reading it through my feedreader. I am continually impressed with the quality of the ideas and concepts developed by the authors. A couple of my recent favorites and applicable to readers of
Iowa intellectual property lawyer Brett Trout offers a trademark law primer today on IowaBiz.com. Brett points out that companies seeking to protect their trademarks should consider federal registration of those marks for valuable trademark protection. He says,
Once you start using your trademark in commerce, you obtain what are known as "common law" trademark
I ran across this list of tips for new small businesses. Some terrific advice. Here are the ten tips as listed:
A couple of Central Iowa business updates for your information:
I am hoping you will provide me with some input. What do you think are the top legal issues facing small businesses today?
My general sense is that employee/human resource issues rank high. If you are a small business owner, what keeps you up at night from a legal perspective? If you are a lawyer
On the Texas Small Business Law Blog there is an helpful post on the common mistakes made by small business owners. The common mistakes listed by business attorney David Willis include:
1) Under-capitalization.
2) Failure to plan and adjust for growth.
3) Over-emphasis on the type of business organization.
4) Failure to understand the
