Archive for October, 2009

Quote of the Day

Big ideas are little ideas that no one killed too soon. – Seth Godin

Posted by Carleigh Lowe on Friday, October 30th, 2009
Posted in Quotes
Tags: Quotes

A Little History on The Hague and The Apostille de La Haye

Self proclaimed “The World Organization for Cross-border Cooperation in Civil and Commercial Matters” the Hague Conference on Private International Law has been a major influence on the international legal community since its inception in 1893. Its name comes from the city in the Netherlands where it is convened, La Haye or anglicized, The Hague. With [...]

Posted by Paul Sponaugle on Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
Posted in INC Knowledge
Tags: Delaware, Limited Liability Company

TED Talk: The Post-Crisis Consumer

Here ‘s a little food for thought regarding the post-crisis consumer from John Gerzema, a branding and advertising expert. In this TED Talk he presents his thoughts on how crisis can equal opportunity. If you find the ideas in this video interesting be sure to check out his book, The Brand Bubble, a new book [...]

Posted by Carleigh Lowe on Monday, October 26th, 2009
Posted in Videos of Interest
Tags: TED Talks, Videos of Interest

Book Review: Tax Savvy for Small Business

When starting a business one of the most intimidating factors is the taxation issues and the fear of having to deal with the IRS. Here at HBS we have read numerous tax related books to help provide a resource to refer our clients to when they have tax related questions. Most of the books do [...]

Posted by Brett Melson on Friday, October 23rd, 2009
Posted in Books of Interest
Tags: Books, Taxes

Document Confusion

Unless you have incorporated a LLC or Corporation in Delaware before; there may be some confusion regarding recognizing just which documents are which. In fact, we experience many clients who call after filing; inquiring as to where the “articles” are or why their LLC has no Certificate of Incorporation? We hope to minimize future confusion [...]

Posted by David Zeigler on Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
Posted in Delaware, INC Knowledge
Tags: Delaware, Documents

101 on Minority Discounts

Financial professionals involved with wealth management need to be aware of the effects of court cases relating to valuation of minority interests in small businesses and related securities. Cases brought to the tax court in recent years have shed some light on the relatively obscure subject of discounted values caused by reduced marketability and control [...]

Posted by Jerry Barney on Friday, October 16th, 2009
Posted in 101
Tags: business valuations, minority discounts

101 on an LLC Agreement

The Delaware legislature created the LLC business form to give maximum effect to the members’ freedom to contract with one another upon whatever terms they deem best suited to their circumstances and goals. In a corporation, for example, Delaware law requires certain terms be included in the corporation’s constituent documents, mandates certain provisions related to [...]

Posted by Brett Melson on Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
Posted in 101, Limited Liability Company
Tags: 101, Limited Liability Company

The Fun Theory

This is a fantastic new viral advertising video produced by Volkswagen about the Fun Theory and it is certainly doing a great job spreading the VW logo around the web. Cleverly, the video does not mention the Volkswagen brand until the very end; instead it showcases an experiment. Does turning a set of subway stairs [...]

Posted by Carleigh Lowe on Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
Posted in Videos of Interest
Tags: Videos of Interest

Hard Times Can be a Gateway to New Beginnings

One of the best parts of our job at Harvard Business Services is talking to budding entrepreneurs everyday. We are inspired daily by the passion our clients have for making their dream become a reality. Over the years we have certainly seen that being optimistic through tough times is a key ingredient to being a [...]

Posted by Carleigh Lowe on Monday, October 12th, 2009
Posted in Articles of Interest, Trend Report
Tags: Articles of Interest, Entrepreneurs

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