Posts Tagged ‘choice of entity’
Biggest Legal Mistakes That Startups Make – Part 1
by Scott Edward Walker on May 13th, 2011Below is a video of my presentation a couple of months ago at a TechZulu event at CoLoft in Santa Monica. I hope you enjoy it (despite the audio issues); it starts at the 9:43 mark. Cheers, Scott (more…)
Walker Twitter Highlights: April 11th – 17th
by Scott Edward Walker on April 18th, 2010For those of you who missed this week’s Twitter updates, below you’ll find highlights of our top tweets. If you’d like to see all of our tweets (or an RSS feed of them), you can do so here.
If you have any questions or comments with respect to any of the tweets below, please contact us through the comments section of this post. Many thanks, Scott
Choice of Entity for Entrepreneurs
by Scott Edward Walker on April 14th, 2010Introduction
I had originally intended to discuss “Series FF” stock in today’s post (as a follow-up to last week’s post regarding “Class F” stock); however, I had several telephone calls in the past few days with respect to the issue of choice of entity for startups and thought it would be helpful to get this post up.
Indeed, one of the most important early decisions an entrepreneur must make in connection with his or her venture is the choice of entity. There are basically six choices: (1) sole proprietorship, (2) general partnership, (3) limited partnership, (4) C corporation, (5) S corporation or (6) limited liability company. Below is a discussion of each entity, including a basic description, the advantages and disadvantages, the ideal candidate/business for such entity, the cost to set-up such entity and the most important take-away.