Exit | Operate | Acquire | Start

You might be asked to sign a confidentiality or non-disclosure agreement if you are exploring the purchase or sale of a business, a joint...

You may hear and see a lot of trendy advice about creating your LLC or corporation in a state where your business is not located, like...

I serve as a Registered Agent for many Virginia limited liability companies and corporations. I'm often asked the following questions...

Last week, Domenic Rinaldi interviewed me about my book, Here's the Deal: Everything You Wish a Lawyer Would Tell You About Buying a...

Deals have lots of moving parts, no matter the size of the business or the size of the deal. Lots of issues move simultaneously. Losing...

If your LLC or corporation has two or more owners, you can get stuck (deadlocked) on making a decision or taking action if no one has...

I get it. You probably have a degree or two. You've probably looked at a lot of contracts in your career. You probably write well. It's...

Are contracts a valuable asset of the business you are buying or selling? If so, you need to make sure those contacts can be transferred...

The purchase or sale of most businesses will involve transferring intellectual property ("IP") rights - i.e., patents, trademarks,...

This is my most exciting book news to date. The University of Illinois business school is using my book as a text in its Entrepreneurship...

One of the biggest challenges for an entrepreneur is finding the money to do a deal. I spoke to the Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition...

When you sign a contract, do you need to have an "original" - i.e., one contract with the original signatures of all the parties - for it...

See that photo? I have permission to use it on my blog because permission to use the photos in my web development platform's library is...

Have you set up your company to qualify for a special status, such as a women-, veteran-, or minority-owned business? If so, do your...

Lawyers often draft contracts with attached exhibits to simplify the contract language by moving details out of the body of the contract...

I was working on my first deal as a young lawyer. I represented the buyer. The lawyer representing the seller drafted the purchase...

You're buying a business or real estate. Your purchase agreement says you're going to close on a particular date. You probably won't....

You may have a great idea for a new business. Where did that idea come from? Is it related to your current employment? If so, do you have...

I help people start and run gig economy businesses. A gig economy business is different than a gig economy worker. A gig economy worker...

I help people start and run independent contracting, consulting, and freelance businesses. I published a new book this week that teaches...