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06/15/2015

New proposed overtime rules

The Department of Labor is expected to issue preliminary changes to overtime in June. Here's what to expect.

05/07/2015

Key take away "If an LLC's owners don't respect the LLC as a separate legal person, a court may be willing to disregard its existence and impose what would have otherwise been the LLC's liabilities upon the business owners, personally."

The assets of sole proprietors don't receive blanket protection simply by forming an LLC.

08/26/2014

One needs to actually take the photo, rather than just arrange for the photo to happen under proposed copyright regulations.

Ape rights will have to wait until the day they take over the Earth, like in Planet of the Apes. The Telegraph reported Thursday that the U.S. Copyright Office announced that it will not issue copyrights to any picture taken by a nonhuman. The Copyright Office issued updated rules and regulations ea…

07/31/2014

We would include 'plan for the break-up/exit', which is partially covered by the vesting.

While your relationship with your co-founder may be peachy right now, there is a possibility it could turn sour down the road. To protect yourself (and the company), make sure these three areas are covered in your founders' agreement.

05/05/2014

Exciting news for Shambibby!

04/05/2014

Better to prevent than have to resolve the issue later

Startups should be careful to follow statutes otherwise the penalties could be great and the unwanted publicity significant.

07/30/2013

Not as applicable in KC as NYC, but an interesting idea

Marc Granen has developed a green roof for city buses called Phyto Kinetic in an effort to add green space to congested cities by using existing spaces.

07/29/2013

A not too complicated view of the new regulations for the Affordable Care Act for small businesses

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07/26/2013

Startups and more startups!

In anticipation of our Silicon Prairie Awards next month, this week we're highlighting the software, Internet and mobile startups that call our region home. Today we round out the series with a look at Kansas City-area startups. (Check out our Nebraska and Iowa startup lists.) With these lists, we h...

07/18/2013

An interesting look on how naming a company has evolved.

Quirky startup names have been around for a long time, but the latest crop of new companies is using even wackier spellings and mash-ups, largely due to the dwindling supply of short, recognizable dot-com Web addresses.

07/17/2013

Mann Law was at 1 Million Cups Denver this morning. It is just a couple weeks in, but they have a great core group there.