What Is A Registered Agent?
Some of the most common questions we get from our startup and small business clients are: What is a registered agent? What do they do? Why do I need one? Hopefully, this brief blog will help answer some of those […]
Mo’ Founders Mo’ Problems – Another Vote For Well Drafted Partnership Agreements
Note, the advice below is entity type agnostic. Member Agreements, Company Agreements, and Founder Agreements are included in the context of partners agreements. Founder disputes are unavoidable – and the more founders, the higher the likelihood for disagreements. Every startup will […]
How Do I Name My Texas Series LLC?
A question that we frequently get from our Series LLC clients is, “How do I name my Texas Series LLC?” This is really two questions in one – as the parent and cells within the series will each have different […]
The Difference Between A Copyright, Patent & Trademark
Copyrights, Patents, and Trademarks – oh my! Intellectual property (and we’re not talking about a smart piece of real estate) consists of copyrights, trademarks, and patents. There is a lot of confusion as to the application and distinction of each. […]
What Is A DBA (Assumed Name) & When Do I Need One?
Just what is a DBA? A DBA (Doing Business As) is an official filing you make with either the local or statewide government offices for registering the name under which you will be conducting business. In Texas, we generally refer […]
Don’t Default To A General Partnership
Clients approach us all the time with issues associated to their small business partnerships. Problems arise such as business partners making bad business decisions, running up debts, mismanaging money or even trying to hide income from the partnership…you’d be really […]
Employment Contract Considerations
You know the saying, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”? Well, that axiom most certainly applies to small businesses. While many today do not enter into written employment agreements with their employees, it would certainly be in […]