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What Is an LLC?

Forming an LLC provides certain tax protections. Your business is still tied to your personal taxes, but you file all business expenses as deductions.

A limited liability company, or LLC, is a type of private company that is formed to reduce the personal liability of the owners. Since it first became available as an option, the LLC, or Limited Liability Company, has been increasingly attractive to entrepreneurs due to the protections it offers. It's much simpler to set up and much more flexible than a traditional corporation, but it still provides a liability and tax shelter in terms of protection of your personal assets. It's

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Raising venture capital is difficult and venture capitalists (often referred to as “VCs”) have become very selective about the companies in which they invest. A typical VC may finance only one or two ventures out of a hundred because, for example, the other companies were not in one of its preferred industries, the VC does not see enough potential in the business, or the entrepreneur was not referred to the VC by the right person. If you think your startup might be ready to go after venture capital here are some tips on how to make your final decision and get the process started.

1. Decide on Your Goals

What do you want from your business? Are you trying to take over the world, or do you just want stability? Do you feel strongly about being the sole decision-maker, or are you OK with sharing control?

The main goal of VC firms is to get big so they can

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What Are Startup Valuation Methods?

Startup valuation methods are the ways in which a startup business owner can work out the value of their company. These methods are important because more often than not startups are at a pre-revenue stage in their life-span so there aren't any hard facts or revenue figures to base the value of the business on.

Because of this guesswork, an estimation has be to be used, which is why several startup valuation method frameworks have been invented to help a startup business more accurately guess their valuation.

Business owners want the value to be as high as possible, whilst investors want the value to be low enough that they'll see a big return on their investment.

What Is a Startup

A startu

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What Does a Limited Liability Mean?

Limited liability refers to liability that does not surpass the amount of money invested in a limited liability company or partnership. One of the main advantages of investing in a publicly listed company is the limited liability feature. A shareholder is capable of participating entirely in a company's growth with liability limited to the amount he or she has invested in the company. This is true even if the company goes bankrupt and possesses debt obligations.

If an individual or company is functioning under limited liability, this means that it is not possible to seize the assets of the associated individuals to deal with the debt obligations of a company. Any funds invested with the company directly are viewed as company assets. In the event of insolvency, only these assets can be seized.

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What is a Delaware Entity Search?

A Delaware entity search is used to look up a company name in Delaware and make sure the name isn't already used by another company. However, before getting started, it is important to understand why businesses choose to incorporate in Delaware to begin with.

Why Delaware?

Delaware is the most popular state in the nation for forming a corporation. Why? Because Delaware’s corporation laws are written to provide a greater degree of flexibility to corporation founders in regard to the structuring of director and shareholder rights, the terms of a company’s classes of stock, and for investments, mergers, acquisitions and takeovers.

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