This past month marked the first time in over six years that I had not posted during a month on this blog.
Why?
Life has been a bit busy to say the least. I’ll share.
First, I had the pleasure of coaching a great group of young boys that capped a great run by finishing
Yesterday the United States Supreme Court upheld, in a 5-4 decision, the constitutionality of the individual mandate under the Affordable Care Act. I am no expert on the act and I have not had time to closely review the decision. Consequently, I suggest you do what I am doing and go read some of the
I read an interesting article from Entrepreneur Magazine entitled Back to Civilian Life, Veterans Try Franchises. The article discusses how a former fighter pilot purchased a franchise after retiring from the U.S. Air Force.
A couple of months ago I spoke at the Iowa Veterans Career Retreat. Many of those in attendance were looking
Mike Colwell of the BIZ recently wrote an excellent post on IowaBiz titled Partnerships a Guaranteed Divorce. Mike explains in his post that wise business people will always plan for the divorce. The end is inevitable, whether it’s due to death, retirement, disagreement or other reasons.
Mike also linked to my recent seminar on
The Boulder Business Advisor has a general overview of the three main types of business structures and the factors that go into making a decision about which entity to choose for your startup business.
It’s important to get tax advice when deciding what entity is best for you. Another critical question, as mentioned in
I was busy reading an article on Why Lawyers Don’t Run Startups (And Why Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers) when I ran across a terrific lesson learned from the article’s author, Steve Blank.
In every company that gives you a contract there’s someone who wants a deal. When you run into contract issues, call them first
Last December I wrote about how an employee wage misclassification case cost Oracle $35 million. The question about whether an employee is exempt v. non-exempt is often misunderstood by employers. Often, employers want to avoid paying overtime to employees. So employers will play a game of Russian roulette by paying those workers a salary instead
Over the years I’ve noticed that very few businesses actually plan for selling or passing on their business to employees or family. It’s one of the most important things any business owner can do.
I’ve teamed up with business coach Monte Wyatt to provide a free seminar to business owners on business succession planning. The
* This is a guest post from Aaron Hall. Aaron is a Minnesota business lawyer that handles intellectual property matters. See his information below.
Illegally copying websites is a big problem as the internet grows. Illegal copies of your website may be made by competitors, spammy
The Business Innovation Zone (BIZ) is holding its annual Raising Capital seminar at StartupCity Des Moines on March 27 starting at 9:00 a.m. Raising capital for your business is complex and often time consuming. This is a great seminar to get you started.
There are several lawyers, accountants and business people presenting including Ben Milne
