I have written in the past about Iowa Franchise Law and Territorial Encroachment. Franchisees generally want an exclusive territory that is protected from encroachment by other franchisees or the franchisor’s company owned stores. But have you considered the impact of Internet retailing by the franchisor or other franchisees?
Be sure to review the territory
The Central Iowa Blogga Nostra gathers this Friday morning (Oct. 5) at the Panera on University in West Des Moines. I encourage you to come join us. What a diverse and interesting group! It is absolutely amazing how this group has supported one another. Collectively we have achieved much more than we could have on our own. We
Mark Toth, Chief Legal Officer of Manpower, has a terrific employment law blog post any small business owner should read. Toth’s blog is creative and fun and his advice is right on the mark. Follow his greatest hits and you are much more likely to stay out of trouble with your employees.
I particularly agree
I have written about how to hire a business lawyer at times in the past. My first rule is that the lawyer should be experienced and competent in business law rather than choosing a personal injury, family law, criminal law or other lawyer. My analogy used to be that you would not want a plastic
Charlie Longbrief, attorney at law, had just turned off his computer late on a Friday afternoon when the phone rang. It was Pete Geek who owned a local computer consulting service.
"Charlie, I’ve got a problem," Pete said.
"Tell me about it," Charlie said.
"Well, I had to fire one of my sales people earlier
Des Moines, Iowa lawyer and broadcaster George Davison shares his interesting insight and resources on George Davison Iowa Law. Many of you may know George from his work on WHO radio as a news anchor. He sports one of the best all-time radio voices I have heard. George is also an adjunct professor at
Congratulations to Vince Basile of Aerospace Geartech who is featured in an article about the Business Innovation Zone (BIZ) in today’s Des Moines Register Business section.
Executive Director Mike Colwell worked with Vince to obtain grants through the Iowa Department of Economic Development and DMACC in order to purchase two manufacturing businesses (one from Ilinois and
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Matt Gardner has an interesting post on his Wealth and Estate Planning blog about the "pot of gold" Iowa landowners are sitting on because of the renewable energy craze and why they should review their estate plan. (Sounds like Iowa farmers have something in common
It is possible to form your own corporation without a lawyer’s help. Every day, many entrepreneurs do exactly that by using online incorporation kits. I have written about such companies in the past. There is definitely a segment of the market these incorporation companies serve.
The most obvious motivating factor for setting up a corporation
The Business Innovation Zone (BIZ) has its first networking event today. The event is from 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. in the Arthur Davis conference room at the Greater Des Moines Partnership office at 700 Locust Street in Des Moines.
The featured speaker is Steven Smith, President and CEO of GCommerce. He will be talking about
