The HBS Blog offers insight on Delaware corporations and LLCs as well as information about entrepreneurship, startups, cryptocurrency, venture capitalism and general business topics.
How a Dual Class Share Structure Affects Shareholder Voting Rights
By
Brett Melson
Monday, January 4, 2021
In a dual class share structure, public investors in an IPO receive common stock with little to no voting rights, while founders receive either the only voting stock in the corporation or stock with voting power often ten-times that of public investors...
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Free Webinar: Understanding the Series LLC
By
HBS
Monday, November 30, 2020
Unlike basic LLCs, the Series LLC typically involves several inter-related entities, sometimes referred to as a “parent” LLC and multiple “child” LLCs. On top of that, there are different types of series available for Delaware LLCs that can create additional questions and issues...
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9 Common Franchise Tax Filing Mistakes
By
Amy Fountain
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Regardless of whether you're filling your taxes directly with the state of Delaware or using our secure online payment, keep these nine common mistakes in mind...
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Comparison: Uncertificated Shares vs. Certificated Shares
By
Jarrod Melson, Esq.
Monday, November 2, 2020
This article discusses the drawbacks and dangers of using certificated shares and the effect these issues can have on a corporation’s ability to maintain an accurate and up to date stock ledger, as required by the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL)...
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Forming an LLC for Your Uber or Airbnb Business
By
Michael Kupfer
Monday, October 12, 2020
Transferring business assets to a company draws a distinction between yourself and your business. In the event you are sued, it will be much more difficult for a plaintiff to seek compensation from your personal assets...
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Get a Digital Stock Ledger for Your Delaware Corporation
By
Rick Bell
Monday, October 5, 2020
We believe StockTreasury is the first, and currently the ONLY, digital stock ledger available with blockchain security. We think you’ll find StockTreasury easy to use and compared to Carta and other non-blockchain SaaS platforms, extremely reasonably priced...
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Best States for Business, Ranked by Lawyers
By
Brett Melson
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
The 2019 Lawsuit Climate Survey “Ranking the States: A Survey of the Fairness and Reasonableness of State Liability Systems” from the Institute for Legal Reform ranks Delaware number one again!..
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Update on the 2019 Corporate Transparency Act
By
Jarrod Melson, Esq.
Monday, September 21, 2020
In early 2020, we discussed a bill passed by the House of Representatives in October 2019 that would have forced nearly all small businesses organized as corporations or LLCs to disclose to the Treasury Department their shareholders’ or members’ names and personal information on an ongoing basis...
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Using Cost Structure Analysis to Maximize Profit
By
Gregg Schoenberg
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
This cost structure analysis example can help you calculate the best way to increase profit for your startup or existing business...
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Change Your Company’s Number of Authorized Shares
By
Devin Scott
Monday, September 14, 2020
The number of authorized shares you choose for your corporation is important because authorized share information is listed on your Certificate of Incorporation and filed with the state of Delaware...
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