Archive for January 18th, 2005

Cheap Legal Advice May Be Costly

StartupJournal: At a recent meeting of a small-business subcommittee of the American Bar Association, attorneys swapped tales of entrepreneurs who were determined to cut legal corners. Common legal mistakes in the early stages, according to Jeff Mitchell, an attorney at LeClair Ryan in Blacksburg, Va., include commingling funds of the corporation with those of the [...]

 

Older Americans Lead The Way For Entrepreneurship

Law & Entrepreneurship News: The USA Today is reporting that 5.6 million workers age 50 and older are now self-employed. This marks a 23% increase from the number of self-employed over 50 year olds in 1990. The article cites numerous factors for this increase in entrepreneurship amongst the over 50 population. One of the major [...]