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Austin Startup Attorney Drafts Confidentiality Agreements Austin Startup Attorney Natalie Lynch can assist your business in drafting confidentiality agreements. Startups often happen when entrepreneurs have/can do something better than their competition and that something must be protected from the competition. In doing business, your startup may need to share information. A properly drafted

Austin Startup Attorney and Negotiations Austin startup attorney Natalie Lynch understands that your startup needs legal solutions (not legal problems) and that negotiations are often the key tool to get you to solutions.  Your startup does not need someone else to run your company.  Treaty Oak ELG knows that no

Austin Business Formation Attorney Natalie Lynch can assist you with all aspects of small business formation. In particular, Treaty Oak ELG can assist in differentiating between entity types to determine the most successful strategy form for your business and its stakeholders. Treaty Oak ELG will consult with you and tailor your

I recently sat down with Sherri Basnett, a co-founder and the organizational genius behind Semiconductor Support Services, or SSSco.  SSSco refurbishes, sells, and servicessemiconductor-manufacturing equipment in Steiner Ranch, Texas. SSSco is a 12 year old company that started operating with a couple of engineers in Ms. Basnett’s garage and now operates world wide.

Most Austin employers collect professional and personal reference information from potential employers. A surprisingly common part of my legal services often includes encouraging employers to call those references. Indifference to the reference-checking process is such everyday folks without decent concerns understand they may still get a job even if they

Natalie Lynch is an Austin startup attorney who recommends the following steps in forming an advisory board: Have a clear set of objectives and needs outlined.  If your goal is to write a new business plan, break the objective down into pieces with deadlines and insist the board accomplish each

Austin Startups often find success and begin the recruiting process to help fuel future growth. Unfortunately, there are typically no HR experts in the Austin startup team, and legal knowledge of advertising and recruiting is usually slim. To none. Keep an eye out for intentionally or accidentally involving religious preference

The Federal Medical Leave Act (FMLA) applies to gay employees too.  FMLA is a federal law that provides for time away from work for certain employees who need to care for family members.  Specifically, FMLA applies to employees who need time away from work for: child birth or adoption to

If an Austin startup employee lies on an employment application, it can be a serious issue.  Many employers are scared about handling employees when they do not discover the dishonesty until long after the person was hired.  First, it is beyond important that you perform a background check on employees

Why Life Insurance for Your Austin Startup? Life Insurance for your business is insurance tied to the life of the entrepreneur or key employees of a company.  It is of particular importance to indebted startups or companies that profit primarily from a few dedicated human geniuses. I encourage any Austin