The Keys to Executing Business Plans: A Feeling, a Book, and Four Tools
November 10, 2009
About a dozen years ago, I launched eMinutes (www.eminutes.com), with the goal of becoming the absolute best at forming and maintaining corporations and LLCs. Now, that’s literally all we do. We now form hundreds of corporations and LLCs each year, and we handle the corporate minutes for thousands of companies, representing nearly every jurisdiction. Read more
To Incorporate or Not Incorporate: When Choosing the Right Business Entity, Don’t Forget No Entity
November 4, 2009
When attorneys talk about “choice of entity”, that is usually referring to whether a client should form a corporation, LLC, or limited partnership. It’s usually a foregone conclusion that the client will form one of these three kinds of business entities. Liability protection, pass through taxation, gross receipts fee, flexibility, and management structure are factors that are compared and analyzed. Read more
Want to Trim Some Fat? Get Your Arms Around Your Entities
March 25, 2009
In every business, large and small, entrepreneurs and managers are focused on trimming costs. We recently posted an article on how LLC owners can consider some restructuring to reduce their California taxes. Read more
From The Publisher: Entrepreneurial Spirit Will Jump Start The Economy
November 11, 2008
This year, we’re already seeing entrepreneurs lay their best business plans despite questions about the economy. We can always count on entrepreneurs, and this recovery will be no exception – it’s no secret that 70% of all new jobs are created by small business. Read more
When It’s Time For Your Company to Kick the Bucket
October 2, 2008
During the year, we form hundreds of corporations and LLCs, but as we approach the last quarter, our focus is killing off the entities that need to be killed off by year end.
When the officers and directors decide to end a corporation’s existence, the corporation must be “dissolved”. That process includes taking corporate action through a resolution and following the procedure required by the appropriate state. In California, if all of the shareholders vote for a dissolution, a Certificate of Dissolution is filed with the Secretary of State. Read more
eMinutes is Planting a Jungle
August 28, 2008
We’re planting a jungle! On September 2, 2008, eMinutes will officially announce our pledge to plant 10,000 trees through American Forests® (www.americanforests.org) within the next five years.
When we started planting trees in 2006 for all of our clients who select “paperless” document delivery, I have to admit that I felt a little granola. But in the last two years, we have planted a couple of thousand trees, and we are about to embark on planting a jungle with our commitment to plant 10,000 trees by August 2013. Read more
Welcome to eMinutes Magazine
July 7, 2008
Welcome to eMinutes Magazine! For over a decade, I have devoted my law practice to forming, structuring, maintaining, and dissolving businesses. We have formed thousands of corporations and LLCs for a mind blowing range of business ventures (from real estate development and restaurants to entertainment and the internet), and we handle the maintenance of thousands of corporations doing business in nearly every state in the country. I have had the good fortune of working with the best and the brightest of the business world. Read more
