The Business Advisor Business Articles

All articles are written by Mary Hanson, MBA, Attorney at Law. Information provided may or may not apply to particular facts or to the law of a jurisdiction other than California. The articles are not intended as legal advice and should not be used as such.

      Structuring a business:

• Starting a New Business.

• The Pros and Cons of Incorporation.

• Steps in Incorporation: What needs to be done to properly set up a corporation.

• Partnership: Points and Considerations.

• Partnership: The Pros and Cons.

• The Limited Liability Company: A new choice of entity.

• Why Creating a Limited Liability Company Takes Time and Effort.

• Investing in Someone Else’s Business: The12 Basic Rules.

• Co-Ownership: Reasons to not go into business with others.

• Why the Limited Liability Company is Used for Real Estate and the Corporation is Used for Business.

      Corporate matters:

• Checklists for your Corporation.

• Co-Ownership: Reasons to not go into business with others.

• Corporate Minutes: Rules to help you keep your own minutes.

• Corporate Records: Keeping Up Your Annual Meeting Minutes.

• The Pros and Cons of Incorporation.

• S Corporations: What you need to know about electing S corporation status.

• Steps in Incorporation: What needs to be done to properly set up a corporation.

• Personal Liability: Piercing the corporate veil.

• Your Corporation and Corporate Stock.

• The Minority Shareholder: What a shareholder can do.

• Stock for Employees: Not as attractive as it may seem.

• Entities: Who has authority to sign?

• Corporate Names, Trade Names, Trademarks, and Fictitious Names.

    Contracts:

• Drafting Contracts: The pros and cons of doing it yourself.

• Contract Checklist: Make sure these issues are covered.

• Business Leases: What the business owner needs to know.

• Nondisclosure Agreements: Protect your business information.

• Noncompetition Agreements: When are they enforceable?

• Shareholder Agreements: What shareholders should have in writing.

• Entities: Who has authority to sign?

• Corporate Names, Trade Names, Trademarks, and Fictitious Names.

      Changes of ownership:

• Buying a Business: Buyer beware!

• Checklist for Buying a Business.

• Selling a Business: What to consider.

• Selling a Business: The sale of assets.

• Buying Out Your Co-Owner.

• Preparation for Buying or Selling a Business.

     Business planning:

• Business Planning in Difficult Times: Brainstorming your business.

• Making Decisions in Tough Times.

• Protecting Intangible Business Assets: Protect your name, customer information and other intangibles.

• Why you learn more from failure than from success.

• The Importance of Added Value.

• Going Beyond Being a Mom and Pop Business.

• Making Decisions.

• Your Ultimate Exit: Will Your Business Survive Your Death?

• Exit Strategies for Business Owners.

• Why the Limited Liability Company is Used for Real Estate and the Corporation is Used for Business.

Mary Hanson, MBA, Attorney at Law (310) 543-1355 Torrance (Los Angeles County), California USA