All legal aspects of a business including incorporation, intellectual property and contracts
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Where to find a template for a general-purpose Independent Contractor Agreement?
We want to hire some freelancers in the US, Germany, Russia and Japan.
The book "The Business of iPhone App Development" from Apress references an Imdependent Contractor Agreement template. The goal ...
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Foreign LLC vs Domestic LLC - Wyoming & South Carolina
Please help. I'll make this as simple and concise as possible:
I will be manufacturing my own parts, AT HOME, in South Carolina. I intend to sell the products exclusively online with an online ...
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Terms of agreement with a co-founder after split-up
I recently quit working with my co-founder. We had started a software business together and had agreed on a certain profit share. But shortly after the launch of the apps, we had to split because he ...
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Starting an Australian company while living abroad?
How can an Australian citizen (or two) set up a company in Australia while living overseas?
Is it possible to pay a professional (e.g. lawyer/accountant) to fulfill the requirements of having "at ...
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Question About C-Corp, Shareholder, and Officer
Person A wants to start a C-Corp in California operating a news website. He is wondering if the following form is legal?
A is the only Shareholder and the only Director owning 100% equity.
A will ...
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Operational email policy
We've recently launched a platform and we start aquiring emails from users, partly from facebook and partly on their own merit.
We want to start sending operational emails to our users, for example: ...
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What are the types of businesses allowed to petition foriegn employees
I have a person from Belgium with exceptional skills and work ethics who i want and trust to work for me.
This person can and is willing to help with my company by investing and doing the speciality ...
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Where to Research / Purchase Keyman Insurance
My partner and I have been looking for keyman life insurance so one or the other could buy our equity if we were to be disabled or killed; however, finding information about a policy is difficult.
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Where and how can I ask for permission of product images?
About four months ago I asked a question about using product images (posters/cover art for movies, games, music, tv-shows and books) on a website without asking for permission.
Most of the answers ...
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Tax Year & Incorporation Question
My partner & I just won $30,000 in a business plan competition. We haven't incorporated yet (and therefore haven't cashed the check). We plan on spending all the money to get the business ...
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Company formation for forex trading and paying taxes
I do work with currencies trading (Forex), I do have Forex traders who trade with my capital, and it is increasing gradually.
What I want to do is to find a solution which allows me to run trading in ...
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Legal consultation in India
I just started working in India and the firm,I am working for, faces some small legal issues frequently. Small things like boundary dispute, customers check bounce etc. Since we have offices at ...
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Legality of posting an article on a Facebook Fan Page
I'm tinkering with an idea that has to do with Facebook Fan page.
Basically, I'll be using the Facebook API to post a "Fan page status update" with a link on fanpage that people give me the ...
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What legal considerations must be taken before launching a stealth landing page?
Not sure if this is a silly question but wanted to make sure I dot my i's.
Are there any particular legal aspects that need to be considered or finalized before launching the stealth (sign-up) ...
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Impact Investment/Tax Questions
I want to take some of the revenue that I generate with the for-profit business I'm starting, and use it to provide start-up social enterprises that I think are interesting with some funding to help ...
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as one of the co-founders, can i have an equity and profit share both in mother holding corporation and subsidiary holding corporation?
the funders for my projects plan to put up a holding corporation. this holding corporation is intended to fund feasible projects by various project proponents not only those projects by me but ...
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Would the names/affiliation of officers of my side-business get posted on the internet?
I heard of websites such as corporationwiki that dig internet/state records for company information and post that data online. How many such sites are there and how can I stop this information being ...
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Delaware LLC loan to member
A Delaware LLC has not elected S or C corp status. The manager owns most of the member interests. The operating agreement gives the manager complete control to do as he sees fit. The manager wants to ...
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Startup advice on business structure for an international call center
I'm Canadian and living in Canada and I have a professional friend who is American and living in the States. He and I want to start a call center. The operation will be centered around him for sales ...
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Partner is leaving, is there any common legal agreement that will allow him to return?
We have a company that has three business partners (all of us are liable for whatever happens in the company). One of the partners is temporarily leaving the company as he can't fulfill his duties ...
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Incorporate company for running a web2.0 website to be used globally
I live in India. I need to start a social networking site here for the indian users as well as spread it to users abroad in USA, Europe, Australia. As of now, I start as a 1-man startup. I need to ...
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Is there any licence to build online business where the admin can buy the products from wholesellers and sell through online
I had an idea of online business where the buyer can buy their products from the online store, called as e commerce website. In this the website owners will buy the goods from the wholesellers and ...
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Worldwide Ecommerce From One Location: What requirements are there from other states and countries?
Details: I plan to sell downloadable information through passive search-engine ads, which could end up anywhere. I am hoping that US copyrights will be sufficient (can I do better?).
My unbacked ...
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Co-founding a Canadian startup while not being a Canadian resident
I've been invited to join a startup in Quebec as a co-founder. I'm not a Canadian resident, so I'm wondering if there are any limitations I might encounter (and if it's really possible at all).
If ...
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Equity % Ownership question for one entity under a parent entity
Situation: Ok here is the situation. I am in negotiations as a partner in the formation of a software start up company. My responsibilities are the development of a go to market strategy, sales and ...
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Legal considerations when profit sharing and/or incentivising content creation?
I'm interested in building a web app where users are paid a percentage for their content, and I'm wondering where to start. I have no issues with aspects of making payments to users, and gathering the ...
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Changing a corporation's name in New Hampshire?
My startup (incorporated in New Hampshire) will be changing its name soon. As I understand we will have to file Form 14 with the Secretary of State's office to do this.
However I'm a bit uncertain ...
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Can I sell alcohol online in the UK?
I am an eCommerce developer and fancied starting an online shop myself. My idea is to sell 'collections' of beer. So I'd group say 6 different Japanese beers/lagers into a bundle and sell them as the ...
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Share structure changes
Two friends of mine and I started a website development company (Australian Pty Ltd). Everything is going fine, we've got a few clients and a little money in the account.
After 4 months, one of three ...
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Need to know the Tax ID
I'm have a few Android apps and would like to begin to monetize them with TapJoy
When filling in the Payment Information form, one of the fields that should be filled is Tax ID. I'm outside of ...
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liabilities and consequences
I have agreed to undertake he design and delivery of a website for my cleint. their is a contract, but it is unsigend by both parties.
The work has been partially paid for ( 2/3rds )
The work has ...
