San Tan Valley Startup Attorneys & Lawyers

Have you decided that searching for an angel investor is the right way to grow your business? Here's what you need to know to get ready.

1. Understand the Role of the Angel Investor

Angel investors are individuals who invest in small businesses. In addition to capital, many angels also provide their expertise to help a business grow or expand. This can give a founder additional value over an investor who only puts in money.

Each angel investor operates differently, but you can get a feel for the overall process by looking at how some of the most influential angels operate. Some of the bigger names include the following:

• Dave McClure, 500 Startups

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In the business world, companies merge all the time. Today startups are doing the same to expand and change the way they do business. An acquisition involves buying a company and changing it to fit the way you do business. The goal is to create a new company made of the best parts of your business and the proven parts of another.

A startup would buy another business for various reasons. These reasons include access to new technology and access to new markets. Buying a company can mean being able to make new products and having access to new resources or fresh management talent. However, if you handle an acquisition poorly, your business could take on the mistakes of a broken organization and heavy losses.

Here is a step-by-step guide of how a startup acquires another company.

1. Make a Plan

Look at the reasons to buy a company:

• Find

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When you want to open a business in New York City, the type of business you are starting will dictate the permits, licenses or other form of authorization you will need. Some types of businesses will require more than one license.

Find Out Your Licensing Requirements

To find out what the licensing requirements are for your business, start with the New York State License Center. First you will need to choose a business type, followed by the county in which you want to do business. You will then need to identify the legal structure of your business.

Most Commonly Used Business Legal Structures

You can choose to set up a business as a sole proprietorship (simple

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Startups have one big advantage in attracting talent. While big companies can offer big paychecks and great benefits, startups can offer employees the chance at becoming very rich through sharing company ownership. Here is an introduction to the methods companies use to decide how to split up equity fairly between the founders and employees at early-stage startups.

There are as many different opinions about the how to to structure an equity split for a startup company as there are startups. It is always a good idea to seek out the advice of experienced professionals before finalizing any equity split agreement.

What Is an Equity Split?

Equity refers to non-cash compensation that represents partial ownership in a company. The equity is usually divided up, or split, among the early founders, financial supporters and sometimes employe

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