Sep 17, 2015
So You Want to Start A Business?
So you want to start a business? Welcome to the Law 4 Small Business blog series on how to start a business.
Business Formation
Sep 8, 2015
What is a sole-member LLC (or limited liability company)?
Decisions, Decisions When it comes to Business Structure, there is a maddening array of choices. Each has its own costs, benefits and downsides. It would take pages upon pages to...
Apr 29, 2015
Maintaining Your Privacy with an Anonymous LLC
In today’s information age driven by the advent of the Internet, web-based applications and mobile devices, privacy has become a precious commodity. In the US, almost all states publish “public...
Jan 18, 2015
Real Estate Investment Companies
I’m often surprised by how many entrepreneurs are out there, and how many of those entrepreneurs use real estate as their primary form of investment. They come in several flavors....
Apr 18, 2014
How to Form an LLC in New Mexico
Listed below is a step-by-step checklist for how to form a New Mexico limited liability company (LLC). These steps will be very similar from state to state. However, depending on...
Mar 11, 2014
Corporations and Limited Liability Companies
This is our final topic on the subject of things you need to consider in selecting an appropriate business entity. After our initial discussion of general issues involved in making...
Mar 4, 2014
Partnerships
The next topic in our continuing discussion about selecting an appropriate form of entity for your business is “partnerships.” When the first two people in history came together in some...
Feb 14, 2014
Sole Proprietorships
In our previous blog article about choosing a business entity, the first and simplest form of business on the “menu” was the “sole proprietorship.” Notice that we referred to this as...
Sep 25, 2013
General Considerations When Choosing a Business Structure
After you have made the exciting, daunting and life-changing decision to go into business for yourself, probably the most critical and complex decision impacting the potential success of your business...
Nov 16, 2011
Zynga shows how us how NOT to form a company
This last February, I wrote a blog article entitled, Not Incorporating is Risky Business, where I highlighted some of the issues of remaining a sole proprietorship, versus incorporating. What that...
Feb 15, 2011
Not Incorporating is Risky Business
If you’re operating an unincorporated business, you’re spending more in taxes and you’re exposing yourself to liability. The U.S. Census Bureau says that in the U.S. in 2007, there were...