Five-minute general counsel: Can you incorporate me?

By Rick Colosimo / October 9, 2009 / Comments Off on Five-minute general counsel: Can you incorporate me?

Here’s another common question I get: I’m onto a new startup idea.  How much would you charge to incorporate?  Do you have any advice as to where to incorporate? Here’s my usual answer: I’ve done this sort of work for companies under firm quotes of $2000 + state filing fees for a full incorporation package,…

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Five-minute lawyer: How to form a nonprofit

By Rick Colosimo / October 9, 2009 / Comments Off on Five-minute lawyer: How to form a nonprofit

I regularly find people asking this question: How do I form a nonprofit? What most people mean and want is a charitable organization that satisfies the requirements of IRC 501(c)(3), which gives donors assurance that their donations will be tax-deductible. To set up a charitable organization, you generally run through the following steps: 1. Determine…

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Five-minute general counsel: licensing audits

By Rick Colosimo / October 8, 2009 / Comments Off on Five-minute general counsel: licensing audits

Kat Shoa asked about licensing audits on LinkedIn: How do you know if your IP licensees are paying you properly? I sat on a presentation about royalty audits today and think it’s a fantastic to collect due royalties – wrote about it here[.] But I’d be interested to know what other methods are used to…

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Make sure your decisions lead to actions

By Rick Colosimo / October 8, 2009 / Comments Off on Make sure your decisions lead to actions

This brief post on the Speed Limit for Change caught my eye. Not for the concept, which I think is silly on an individual level but possibly sensible from an organizational behavior perspective as an empirical observation. It reminded me of one of the best bits from Al Dunlap’s Mean Business (aff. link) (before he…

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