Purpose Driven General Counsel

The Last 7 days have been full.

We started with a Labor Day weekend trip to the Upper Peninsula, joined by extended family, friends, and my son traveling from Bozeman, Montana with his girlfriend. The shortened work week was packed full of...

You decide to go into business with some people based on your understanding that you will become an equal owner in a mature, established business.

You take all the steps necessary, including leaving your current employment.

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Whether you just started your own business or you have been in business years or decades, a question may arise at some point?

Do I need a board?

Just as quickly as the idea pops into your mind, you are likely to dismiss it. After all, most growing companies skip formal board meetings, thinking they’re only for big corporations or funded start...

Life comes at you fast. This is especially true when building a business.

When growing your business, do you tend to just respond to the day to day?

As entrepreneurs we create our business out of a big vision or guiding purpose – whether or not we have articulated it in writing.

In the daily grind it can be a real struggle ...

Right before I left the office today I saw an email from the U.S. Department of Treasury with the following in bold lettering:

FinCEN Permanently Ends Beneficial Ownership Reporting Requirements for Millions of Small Business Owners; Will Delete Information Previously Reported by U.S. Persons

In the last few years leading up t...