The employee handbook represents a necessary aspect of any small- and mid-sized company. Sometimes referred to as an owner’s or policies and procedures manual, these books are geared toward protecting companies from lawsuits while also putting employees at ease in...
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Prenups and partnerships: What business owners need to remember
Love and business aren’t particularly intertwined in your world, so why would you or your business partner need a prenuptial agreement before either of you get married? Frankly, it would be foolish not to make prenups a part of your partnership agreement. Without...
What are the benefits and drawbacks of a sole proprietorship?
A lot of budding entrepreneurs and business owners operate as sole proprietorships because there's really no complex paperwork involved. But is sole proprietorship wise? Before you decide that this is the type of structure you want to use for your business, you should...
Someone stole your original content for their website: What now?
You work hard to create original, engaging content that will keep readers coming to your blog and keep your website high in the search engine results pages. Thus, finding out that your content has been pilfered and is being used somewhere else is frustrating. It’s...
What zoning issues can a home business experience?
Home businesses are popular, and they usually start as small side projects. As they grow, however, they can turn into full-time businesses, even when they’re being run out of residential spaces. If you open a home-based business, are you going to run into some zoning...
What happens to our LLC’s debts and assets if we dissolve it?
For whatever reason, you and your business partners have decided that it’s time to retire the LLC that you worked so hard to build up from nothing. Your LLC probably has assets, such as office supplies and furniture, work equipment, vehicles, real estate and client...
How to proceed when you no longer want to be held to a commercial lease
If there's one thing that you likely understand as an Atlanta area business owner, it's that the market in any industry can change fast. What may have seemed like a great location for your business may not turn out to be great for you, after all. Commercial leases are...
Patents, copyrights and trademarks: What’s the difference
In the modern business environment, the most valuable asset you may have is your company’s intellectual property. Just the same, it’s common for people to misunderstand the differences between copyrights, patents and trademarks. Here’s what you should know. What is a...
Is changing your company’s incorporation structure an option?
Many entrepreneurs have very little time to invest in learning the pros and cons of specific business structures when they first incorporate their company yet understand them as they interact with others in the corporate world. It’s not uncommon for business owners to...
Can your business partner force you to sell?
Ideally, you and your business partner will stay working together for many years -- perhaps even decades. You’ll have the same vision for when to end the partnership or sell the company, as you both move to retire. But what if things don’t play out that smoothly? Say...