In the course of running your business, you’ve probably encountered more legal fine print and formalities than you ever thought possible. In this post, we’ll break down the DBA (Doing Business As) to see if your business needs one.
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How Trademarking Your Brand Can Save Your Ass
As Secret Entourage continues to grow to new levels, there comes a time when copy cat websites pop up left and right. While you may consider that flattering as imitation is sincere, it is quite alarming to see other idiots actually have the balls to register a domain with our name in it and claim to be us. For the…
Should You Hire a Lawyer to Launch Your Small Business?
Let me preface this post by saying I have nothing against lawyers. I’m married to one and I myself graduated law school back in 1998. Yet with that said, there are times when attorneys are overused in business – and those unnecessary retainer fees and high hourly rates can really sting the small business budget. If you’ve ever wondered if…
Everything You Need to Know About Incorporating – When, Where, How
If you know that it’s time to form a legal structure for your business, you probably have several questions about the process. Here’s a quick primer on incorporating in the U.S. Here’s the when, where, and how.
10 Tax Tips Every New Entrepreneur Should Know
Yes, tax season has come and go but it shouldn’t mean you should procrastinate when preparing for it all a year from now.When you file taxes as a solo business owner, things are more complicated than those days when you may have a received a W2 from a single employer. However, you’ve also got plenty of opportunities to trim your…
Passion x Skills x Observation – True Entrepreneurship
In a recent discussion with Gary Swart, the former CEO of oDesk, today’s largest outsourcing platform, we discussed the importance of finding your passion in life and his take on it was quite interesting. His theory was quite simple and yet very powerful which is why I decided to share it. His theory on how to find your calling was…
10 Things an Entrepreneur Should Delegate
While we can’t be doing everything ourselves, there are certainly things we never want to allow others to do for us, even though finding a way to make it efficient may be part of why you became an entrepreneur. Delegating these things may disconnect you from your brand and make you lose a pulse on the well being of your…