83b, Articles, Finance, startup
The 83(b) Election
By Amy Riedel As we begin a new year and leave holiday celebrations behind, I am reminded of a less exciting event signaled by year-end: personal income taxes. For most...
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Peter Smith
Art law, Articles
What is Art Law?
By Amy Riedel Many moons ago, long before I became Apex Law Group’s law student intern and now associate, I was a budding art historian with dreams of pursuing graduate...
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December 20, 2013
Articles, Finance, incorporation, state of incorporation
What’s in a State: Choosing where to Incorporate your New Business
By Amy Riedel We have previously discussed how some founders might choose their business structure (here and here) and what organizational documents are necessary for formation depending on entity structure....
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December 02, 2013
Articles, Social Enterprise, Social Entrepreneur, social entrepreneurship, Social Purpose Corporation
Make a Stand, a Washington State Social Purpose Corporation, Rings Opening Bell for Twitter Stock Exchange and Raises Questions about “Hybrid” Entities
In honor of her use of social media to funnel more than $100,000 to nonprofits combating child slavery, 9-year-old Vivienne Harr rang the bell to open Twitter’s first day of...
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November 21, 2013
Articles
Making your Intanglibles, Tangible. Part 3: Trade Secrets.
Apex Law is producing a four-part series on increasing the value of your business by making your intangibles, tangible. This post on trade secrets is the third installment of the...
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November 13, 2013
501c3, Articles, Finance, Good Business, Mission, nonprofit, Social Enterprise, Social Entrepreneur, social entrepreneurship
Why Business Can be Good at Solving Social Problems
Business is a tool, its how you use that tool that matters. Michael Porter, the Harvard Business School Professor in the Ted Talk video below, argues that business can be the...
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October 18, 2013
Articles
International Trademark Planning: A Brief History of International Trademark Law
As our previous post on “Making Your Intangibles, Tangible” illustrated, trademarks function as indicators of the source and quality for both goods and services. They also serve as the prime...
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August 27, 2013
Articles, Benefit Corporation, Dispute Resolution, Social Enterprise, Social Entrepreneur, social entrepreneurship, Social Purpose Corporation
The Health of Hybrid Entities: How many benefit corporations and social purpose corporations are out there? A comparison and data analysis on the SPC’s relative success.
Last month, over at SocentLaw, I came across an interesting blog post by Haskell Murray explaining a collaborative attempt to quantify how many benefit corporations exist across the US. The...
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August 09, 2013
Articles
Making your intangibles, tangible. Part 2: Trademarks.
In this four-part series we’re discussing how to increase the value of your company by better quantifying and protecting your company’s intangible intellectual property. Of the areas we’ll cover, a...
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July 19, 2013
Articles, Copyright, Intellectual property, Venture Capital
Making your intangibles, tangible. Part 1: Copyrights.
In this four part series, we’re discussing how to increase the value of your company by better quantifying and protecting your company’s intellectual property rights. An investor or prospective...
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