By: Kerry Kolvet, Esq.
The protection of assets is generally one of the biggest reasons to form a legal entity. Specifically, the protection of business assets from an owner’s personal liabilities is critical to a business’ continuing success. In many states, a personal creditor may charge a stockholder’s stock with payment of a judgment. Such a [...]

A work environment is most effective when a team of people offer value to each other first, and to their customers or clients second.  Similar to Southwest’s motto that their employees are their number one customer, I feel it is critically relevant that by supporting and recognizing each others’ talents and value, we collectively allow our agency (company, institution, association) to [...]

Here at the NSBDC, I spend a lot of time talking with folks wanting to start a business, and one of the very first things we get into is the reason for having to write a business plan. One of the main reasons – “Because a lender REQUIRES one!”  Out of that discussion generally comes [...]

A week ago on Monday, February 8, 2010, Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons gave his “State of the State” address, with State Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford providing the Democratic Response. One of the more interesting points made by both the Governor and the Senator was the role “green economy” jobs will have in brining [...]

By: Kerry Kolvet, Esq. and Bonnie Drinkwater, Esq.
A trademark is a word, symbol or phrase used to identify a company or individual’s products or services and to distinguish them from the products or services of another. There are different levels of trademark protection, and rights can be acquired in one of three ways: (1) common [...]

By Tracy McKenzie, Esq.
On December 19, 2009, President Obama signed a new law amending the COBRA subsidy provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“ARRA”).  Under the ARRA, individuals who were involuntarily terminated during the coverage period from September 1, 2008 through December 31, 2009, and were eligible for continuation of health [...]

As a follow up to the 12th step in the SEO Checklist for Your New Website, I recommend adding your site to the following 8 Free Business Listing Websites: Google, Yahoo, Bing, Yelp, City Search, Merchant Circle, Trip Advisor and DMOZ.
You will be asked to create a business profile allowing you to add a brief [...]

Economic development marketing and attraction is probably the least understood part of a community’s overall economic development plan. An economic development marketing and attraction strategy is how a community implements its wider economic development plan. Simply put, a successful economic development marketing and attraction strategy can help attract, retain, and expand new and [...]