The startup journey for many entrepreneurs begins while still employed by another company. Often without significant personal resources, an entrepreneur may depend on the income from a “day job” to live and to fund a new business. So, the entrepreneur presses on with his or her idea, with the eventual goal of leaving a current [...]
You may have been alerted about the importance of correctly classifying a person performing services for a business as an “employee” or an “independent contractor.” Since most startups and small businesses are now in full cash-preservation mode (even more so than usual), a discussion about the proper classification of workers is timely and may help [...]
A few months ago, the multi-billion dollar legal dispute between eBay and the founders of Skype highlighted a legal axiom that is overlooked by small companies all too often: “Own thine intellectual property.” eBay had purchased Skype for billions but, for some unspoken business reason, did not acquire absolute rights to a core component of [...]