Small Business

You have a commercial lease, you already likely pay a premium for your rental space. If you share parking lots, bathrooms or other facilities with neighboring tenants, you will likely have additional costs. Common area maintenance (CAM) fees are a way for a landlord...

One area you may overlook when starting a business is to draw up a succession plan. You might argue this is unimportant because it will be years before you can pass on the reins and retire to a Caribbean island. Yet, you could need someone to take over running your...

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...

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...

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...

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...

You and your business partner made a gallant effort of it for a few years. Your small business shined for a while, and even received a write-up in the local alternative weekly. However, profit margins have fluctuated during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. Even...

Business contracts form the basis of most business relationships and outline the agreement between the parties and the rights and obligations of the parties to one another. Because business dealings can sometimes result in a contract dispute, it is helpful for...

As an entrepreneur, you have a clear vision regarding the focus of your business. You have come this far, but now you face additional challenges. For example, your company’s success requires a broad expansion that includes needed financial backing. Or you realize that...

When creating and maintaining a small business in Georgia, there are many factors that should be considered. The details can sometimes get lost with the frenzy of activity and multiple responsibilities that come to the forefront, but the basics are critical to the...