Selling Your Business Part 2 – Letter of Intent
Last month, we shared the steps needed to prepare your business for a successful exit – a.k.a. sale. This month, we review what happens when a prospective buyer likes what…
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Playing Offense in the Fast-Changing World of Business Tech
Sometimes, while cleaning out filing cabinets and drawers of attorney business-owners, I come across funky time-saving devices like a dictaphone… yes, a dictaphone and I am reminded of the newness…
Employers: Are you ready for new legal requirements?
In 2016, Arizona employers began adhering to a new legal compliance landscape, which changed wage and hour requirements drastically. There are now additional employer obligations. Below is a snapshot of…
Selling Your Business Part 1 – Five Steps to Prepare Your Business for a Successful and Profitable Exit
Every couple of weeks I get a concerned call from a business owner that starts like this: “Business is great, but I’m worried. I know I need an exit plan,…
Risk Management: Seeing the Forest Through the Trees
I have the privilege of spending a few hours every Wednesday morning with an incredible group of women business owners. I have learned so much from them, including how to…
New Law: What the heck is it and why should you care?
Unless you are a lawyer the term New Law is something you may have heard but could probably care less about because… it’s inside baseball without beer and hotdogs and…
Employers: What you need to know about the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA)
Background If you hired employees, consultants and contractors on or after May 12, 2016, you are required by law to make changes to a variety of agreements affected by the…
Conscious Uncoupling (in business): a User’s Guide
In the wake of BREXIT, the EU and the UK are struggling to “consciously uncouple” (the term made famous by Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow). One of the biggest impediments…
Summary of New Overtime Regulation Change
Salary Threshold Skyrockets to $913 per week ($47,476 per year)! The old salary threshold was $455 per week so the new threshold doubles the current salary threshold level. This threshold…
New Crowdfunding Rules Effective May 16, 2016
The SEC’s long-awaited rules to permit crowdfunding are effective as of May 16, 2016. These rules implement Title III of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act. Pub. L. 112-106. We…
