Entity Governance
Articles across the publication that deal with entity governance.
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Business & Compliance
Registered Agents and Annual Reports: Keeping an Entity in Good Standing
Two small state filings decide whether a company can sue, borrow, or close a deal. Here is what a registered agent does and what a periodic report actually keeps alive.
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Business & Compliance
Business Licenses and Permits: Finding Every Layer That Applies
Almost no business needs a single license. Most need several from different governments, and the one that closes you down is usually the local permit nobody checked.
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Business & Compliance
Foreign Qualification: When a Company Must Register in Another State
"Foreign" here means out of state, not out of country. Crossing a state line with employees, an office or a job site usually starts a registration duty most owners never hear about.
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Business & Compliance
Fictitious Business Names: DBA Registration, Publication, and Contracts
A DBA is a disclosure filing, not a business. It tells the public who stands behind a trading name — and in some states an unfiled one can stop you enforcing your own contract.
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Business & Compliance
Government Contracting for Small Businesses: Registration and Set-Asides
Federal buying runs on one rulebook and one registration system. Getting into both correctly is what separates firms that win work from firms that watch it.
7 min readGuide
