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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…
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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 article in Barron’s supports, in a big way, the importance of keeping good business records. The article details how the IRS disputed a $75,000 repayment of a loan for a business owner named Henry resulting instead in a $68,000 dividend, on which Henry owed tax.
Joseph Gelband, a tax attorney from Larchmont, New York…
The Franchise King has a great list of 20 small business blogs that have the right stuff. These blogs possess some of the best content on the Web when it comes to small business. Be sure to check them out!
Throughout this blog you will see posts that recommend business people enter into a shareholder agreement when they start a corporation with multiple shareholders. But did you know that unless your shareholder agreement states otherwise, your shareholder agreement may only be valid for 10 years pursuant to Iowa corporate law?
Chapter 490.732 of the Iowa…