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How to Get Up and Running

How to Get Up and Running - or What to Do After Filing Your Articlesor What to Do After Filing Your Articles

Warning! Contrary to some people's thinking, just filing Articles of Incorporation or Articles of Organization and receiving your Certificate of Authority as a corporation or limited liability company, does not make your business an operating entity

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Picturing Your Financial World

Picturing Your Financial World is Not MagicIdentifying your financial assets and their relationships

One way to see your financial world and its many aspects is a “Playing Field Graphic.” This graphic shows all of the “players” in your financial world. “Players” are entities or activities that exist in your financial world. The “Players” tend to be accumulated but not necessarily planned.

Financial World “Playing Field Graphic”, a picture of your financial world

Your Financial World “Playing Field Graphic” is a pictorial representation of all of your financial assets in the form of players (entities and activities that make up your financial situation).

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Can You Use Independent Contractors?

Can your company hire an independent contractor?The following is the story of how one person came to an understanding of what an “Independent Contractor” is.

The morning sun was just warming the tops of the hills surrounding the lake as Ed dropped his line in the water and made himself comfortable in the deck chair. The light breeze was just enough to cause small waves to lap against the pontoons of the houseboat and give a rocking motion to the craft. Ed knew none of the others would be getting up any time soon.

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