Posts Tagged ‘business’

Seminar on starting your own business

Written by Mike Pisauro on May 29th, 2009 in Basics | No Comments »

On June 16, 2009 at 7p.m. I will be holding a seminar dealing with how to start and run your own business.  The seminar is being co-sponsored by the Pennington Business and Professional Association.  It will be held at the Pennington Borough Hall.  We will be discussing the choice of entity type (sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, or limited liability company), contracts, leases, and other common legal issues of small businesses.  In addition to the legal issues, Rebecca Machinga a partner with WithumSmith & Brown will be discussing common accounting issues involved with selecting your business structure and running your business.

If you plan on attending, I would apprecitate it if you sign up at the Pennington Business & Professional Association’s website.  Registration is free.  If you have any questions regarding the seminar you can contract me at mlp (at) fplegal.com.

There is more to it then picking a name you like

Written by Mike Pisauro on January 15th, 2009 in Basics | No Comments »

There are multiple steps a business owner must make before the first time the doors of the business can open.   One of those steps is naming the company.  It used to be in the process of forming the company, the lawyer or business owner would check with the State of formation/incorporation to see if the desired name was available.  States were the business was likely to do regular business would also be checked.  If the name was available, then the lawyer or owner would form the company by certificate of incorporation or formation with the State.  Things have changed somewhat and I believe that merely checking with the state(s) to see if the name is available is not enough.

When you consider your company’s name you should also consider at the same time whether you can get the company name or a very similar name as you domain name for your company.  For example my firm is named: Frascella & Pisauro, LLC.  and our domain name is: fplegal.com.  If you want to name your company XYZ Consulting, Inc. and that name is available with the State of New Jersey but is not available to be registered as your domain name because someone already has it, then maybe you should re-think your company name.  The internet has become a huge avenue for creating awareness for your company and its ultimate success.  By taking a domain name that it is not the same as or similar enough to your company name you are making it hard or confusing for customers to find your company.  As you begin you new venture you should minimize the hurdles to success, so check domain name availability as well as State availability.