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How Entrepreneurs Need To Plan To Protect Their Business

The Startup Magazine

The legal structure will dictate how your business is taxed, how personal liability is handled, and how you can raise capital. Common business structures include sole proprietorships, partnerships, limited liability companies (LLCs), and corporations. Each has its own advantages and disadvantages.

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Corporation or LLC? Business Organizations for Tech Startups.

YoungUpstarts

One of the first actions you will take with your startup is to organize your company a separate legal entity to protect yourself from personal liability for the company’s debts. In the tech startup context, you’ll typically choose between a Corporation and a Limited Liability Company (“LLC”). Verdict : LLC.

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8 Steps to Starting Your Own Business

Up and Running

Limited Liability Company (LLC). Other things you will need to do include deciding on a business name and researching availability for that name. Distribution of competitors: Are there many competitors close to you? Depending upon the business, there may be city, county, or state regulations as well.

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How To Close The Books on Your Startup

mashable.com

If no shares were issued, the Board of Directors must approve to dissolve the company. If you’ve been operating as an LLC, review the dissolution requirements in your state’s LLCA (Limited Liability Company Act). Otherwise, members of the LLC can be held liable for debts of the company after it’s been dissolved.

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How to Start a Business in a Month – #30DayChallenge

Up and Running

Do you want to tie your name to an oil industry, or offer a service that you may not be brilliant at, but that will attract a lot of customers? This will include choosing and registering your business name and choosing a business structure. However, you can also start a corporation or a non-profit company. Who will you serve?

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How to Start a Brewery Business: The Complete 9 Step Guide (2019)

crowdSPRING Blog

Contract Brewing Company – In this business model, one business hires another brewery to manufacture their beer. The contract company would handle the other business aspects such as distribution, marketing, and sales. Alcohol production, distribution, and sales are all heavily shaped by laws.

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Debt Or Equity To Fund Your Start-up: Which Is Better?

YoungUpstarts

The amount you put toward debt minimizes reinvestment in growth and earnings distributions to owners. Financial Risk Distribution. If you set up as a limited liability company, the business suffers the credit damage, but your future earnings are stifled. With equity investment, you do not have to repay the money.

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