When do i incorporate my Company: 8 Good Reasons

Founders of startup companies often wait to incorporate a company until they are confident that their concept is viable or fundable.  At some point, however, an entrepreneur will need to formally incorporate a company.  Several reasons exist for taking the step to incorporate. Continue Reading: Incorporation : Startup Company Lawyer.

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What type of entity should I form? : Startup Company Lawyer

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A concise summary of the different options available for incorporating your startup. Covers: tax treatment, fundraising, ownership (stock) and employee compensation. C corps, LLCs, and S corps differ significantly in the areas of taxation, ownership, fundraising, governance and structure, and employee compensation.  Almost all technology startup companies that I work with are C corps.  Any [...]

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Steven Johnson: Where good ideas come from | Video on TED.com

People often credit their ideas to individual “Eureka!” moments. But Steven Johnson shows how history tells a different story. His fascinating tour takes us from the “liquid networks” of London’s coffee houses to Charles Darwin’s long, slow hunch to today’s high-velocity web. Steven Berlin Johnson is the best-selling author of six books on the intersection [...]

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What’s Your Tribal Role At Your Startup?

You may not realize it, but your adVenture’s Core Team, the senior executives who make the key decisions which drive the company’s strategic direction, is akin to a primitive tribe. Primitive tribes and your startup both entail a small number of people banded together to battle an uncaring, hostile world. Like the tribe, your company’s [...]

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