Your trusted source for Iowa business and franchise law insights.
Your trusted source for Iowa business and franchise law insights.
Just a reminder that the deadline for filing Iowa Secretary of State biennial reports for Iowa corporations and LLCs is April 1, 2010. The deadline for filing agricultural reports for companies owning an interest in Iowa agricultural land is March 31, 2010.
Did you know? There are over 188,000 active businesses in the Iowa Secretary of State…
Are you considering a franchise business? Read this blog post on evaluating the strength of your franchisor before signing on from the First Prize Franchise blog.
I posted on this a couple of years ago but I consistently see people who invest their life savings tinto franchise operations. Some of these people achieve great results but many (perhaps even…
Growing Des Moines businesses may want to consider a six month program offered by the Small Business Administration called the Emerging 200 (e200) Initiative. Locally the course is taught by Monica Dolezal of Bizstarts. The program begins in April.
The goal of e200 is to identify 200 inner-city businesses across the country that show a…
https://youtube.com/watch?v=9XZCaA2Q4Vk%26hl%3Den_US%26fs%3D1%26rel%3D0
A common thing I see from franchisees is that they include only the name of their franchise in an agreement as opposed to including their corporate or limited liability company name. Most of the time the names are different. For example, if my franchise is "Tops Franchise" but my corporate name is "Rush…
A bill in the Iowa Senate could require all businesses to provide paid sick leave to their employees. My gut tells me many small businesses cannot afford to provide paid sick leave.
What do you think?
This is a part of an on-going series of posts which will form the Legal Guide for Starting a Business in Iowa.
You are considering forming an Iowa small business. What type of business structure should you choose? In Iowa, your choices generally are a sole proprietorship, a partnership, S corporation, C corporation, or…
This February is National Start a Business Month. To celebrate I am offering to form any Iowa incorporation or LLC for half the price during the month of February 2010. It’s my small way to encourage business start-ups and help out start up entrepreneurs.
A couple of years ago I set out to write a Legal Guide to Starting a Business in Iowa. Unfortunately trying to work, write a blog, coach baseball and write the guidebook didn’t quite work for me. I started the guidebook but never came close to finishing it.
So this year I have decided to blog…
A couple of years ago I touched on how wage and hour lawsuits were on the rise. Since then Iowa’s own Casey’s General Stores got tagged for $11.7 million in a settlement. But not even I could have predicted the potential $1,000,000,000 liability that AT&T allegedly faces for failure to pay overtime.
An older post from Guy Kawasaki on the top lies from lawyers but worth reading. Kawasaki says at the end of the post that it wasn’t his idea so lawyers shouldn’t get upset with him. However, most lawyers could benefit from reading the post. An important take away is that if you say something, you…