by Daniel Ross | Aug 23, 2017 | Business Formation & Development, Intellectual Property
WHAT IS A DBA? A “Doing Business As” registration – also known as a DBA, trade name, fictitious business name, or assumed name – is a useful and sometimes necessary tool for conducting business. A DBA allows a company to operate under a name other than its true legal...
by Daniel Ross | May 10, 2017 | Business Formation & Development
In our last blog series, we explored the advantages and disadvantages of many common types of business formations and found a trend among them: the most popular forms offered limited liability – that is, legal and financial liability that is limited to what is...
by Daniel Ross | Mar 14, 2017 | Business Formation & Development
In our last blog entry we discussed limited liability companies, with an emphasis on the ease of use that many small businesses find appealing. Yet there are circumstances where a company may value structure and accountability over functional agility – consider a...
by Daniel Ross | Feb 16, 2017 | Business Formation & Development
Millions of entrepreneurs choose to start their new business as a limited liability company. Without being hyperbolic, LLCs are generally the superior entity form for most for-profit small businesses in terms of flexibility and functionality. LLC laws really do cherry...
by Daniel Ross | Feb 2, 2017 | Business Formation & Development
Pitfalls of Partnership Let me first say that, perhaps with the exception of limited liability partnerships, the partnership relationship is an outdated, inefficient, and extremely risky type of legal entity. So why write about it at all? Because unlike other, more...
