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Recommended Business Structure for Group of Part Time App Builders
A few friends and I have started building small apps and WordPress plugins in our spare time, and I'm wondering what would be the best business structure (LLC, S-Corp, etc) as I think it's almost time ...
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Ownership without investment. Help
I started work at a company a few months back. I was brought in to head up a new division in the company. That division is separating as it's own LLC. I won't be investing any money into the new ...
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Being paid in equity. Can my poor credit rating negatively affect the business?
I'm a web developer, and I've been offered (in addition to cash) equity in the new business that will be based largely on the application I'm being hired to build.
As someone who has been scraping by ...
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Equity split and keeping control of an early startup LLC in the long term
The CEO of an early stage LLC plans to keep control of the company in the long term. To achieve this, he plans on keeping at least 51% of the equity. The company has 6 founders in total.
While it is ...
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Non-diluting equity for founders on an early startup LLC
The CEO of a LLC early startup plans to assign non-dilutable equity to the founders. Each founder will take a small amount of equity, leaving a pool for future employees and investors.
IMHO, what ...
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Undisclosed equity: advantages and disadvantages
The CEO of a LLC early startup plans to distribute equity among the founders. Each founder will not know how much equity the other founder has.
What are the advantages and the disadvantages of doing ...
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Need to form company now, but want to make ownership / equity distribution decisions later
(background - few startups, business side)
This is a situation that I've encountered a few times before. Seems not uncommon among startups.
You're kicking around an idea - let's say there are 2-3 ...
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How to take a draw in a multi-member LLC?
My business partner and I are forming an LLC. As I understand, members of an LLC are not employees and therefore are not on payroll. Instead they pay themselves by taking a draw from the LLC funds.
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How to split up LLC ownership?
My friend and I are planning on forming an LLC around some services we are providing.
I am working fulltime on our services and started the initial work 6 months in advance
My partner has a fulltime ...
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How do you split a company three ways without repeating decimals?
My co-founders and I have agreed on a completely even split equity of 1/3 each. In our operating agreement,however, we need to put down the percentage ownership stake for each of us, and aren't ...
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Considerations such as vesting for Founder Agreement
I'm planning to file a Delaware LLC for a partnership where I'm the majority owner of our self-funded startup.
One key goal for me is to incorporate a vesting option among owners where equity is a ...
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Provide services to S Corp through LLC
I am part of an LLC along with two other partners. One of the partners wants to provide services to a company as a source of additional revenue. I am ok with that but since the compensation for the ...
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Formulas for valuing an LLC for employee ownership plans
We're planning on offering some key early employees equity in our startup, an LLC, in the form of ownership shares. The benefits include:
- proportional sharing in distribution of profits
- ...
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How many companies or LLCs exist where at least one of the partners did not put up capital to receive equity in the LLC?
How many companies or LLCs exist where at least one of the partners did not put up capital to receive equity in the LLC? For example, in an online business one partner may pay all of the bills while ...
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Can You Be A Partner Without Putting Up Money?
I'm running a LLC that is a spin off of another LLC. I was working for the original LLC for a year when the 2 partners decided to start the spin off LLC. I let the partners know I wanted to be ...
