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Top Two Ways to Make Your Startup Buyable

Do You Want to Exit Your Startup At a Financial Gain? First, Create a Product that Generates a Profit. There is enough about that elsewhere on the Internet so I will move on. Second, Keep Clean Books and Files for Your Startup. Any variation of a company purchase is going

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Mixing Employees and Employer Telephone Use

BYOD (Bring Your Device) policies are a very tricky idea for Texas employers. There is motivation to minimize costs by allowing or requiring employees to provide their telephone, computer, or other devices to do work. However, this comes with a land mine of considerations related to ownership and access to data

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Terminating the Employment of A Startup Employee

A person’s employment is a huge part of their sense of self. It is something Americans do not naturally realize is a deep part of who we are but our social cues reveal it. We use phrases like “just a student” or “just a temp” when describing someone without traditional

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Austin Startups Schedule for Payroll Obligations

Your Startup and Payroll Obligations One of the biggest firsts that any company has is hiring its first employee.  This is a huge obligation in terms of ethical, legal, safety, reporting, and tax obligations.  If you can, you should hire a CPA to help you set up your payroll processing

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Austin Professionalism Standards Grow Up

Austin is changing, whether we like it or not. The merging of hippies, government, and entrepreneurial spirits in this dynamic community is resulting in a new caliber of style.  In a practical way, Austin clothing styles are much more formal than they were even a few years ago.  “Austin is

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My Texas Startup Got Yelped!

Yelp And Your Startup Reputation Yelp is stirring up controversies, and even law firms have difficulty with negative Yelp Reviews. It is challenging for companies to combat a bad Yelp review. A brief review of the law will help you understand when using the law to fight a bad review may be the

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Service Animals and Your Texas Startup

All businesses in Texas should be aware of Texas House Bill 489, or Bootz’s law. The law lists several conditions that entitle someone to enter a facility with a service dog. The list contains several invisible conditions and generally requires a business allow any dog represented as a service dog

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Loans for Small and Mid-Sized Businesses in Texas

Many Texas companies need loans to get started or to make progress but many first-time entrepreneurs forget to research the qualifications needed to for a business loan. I recently sat down with Lindsey Leaverton, a Vice President of BB&T Wealth and former Business Relationship Manger,. We covered some of the topics

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