Small Business

How can we take my husband's name off of our business, and replace it with mine. We want to do this in order to attain a minority ownership status which will allow us to seek business with specific entities. It is our hope to have my name replace his as the Sole Proprietor without having to actually sell the company in order to accomplish. We want to know the quickest and most efficient way to accomplish this.

In the state of KS we do not have to fill out a DBA. We are starting a landlord business and we want to be able to put a business name on our leases instead of our personal name. What kind of document do we need to have in place to legally put a business name on the lease agreement instead of our personal name?

I am considering selling exclusive distributorships to market a service using our products throughout the US. What laws exist that require me to license or register the business under the concept of consumer protection? Does it matter if I am intending to sell the distributorships outside the state of Co.?

Our business has performed a statistic behavioral analysis of top performers in a business (what distinguish a top performer from an average performer), our final report includes a lot of hypothesis of what the data can indicate. What do we need to write to hold our company free from any claims due to wrong interpretations or uses of the report after delivery?

I recently started a company that not only does renovations but also builds/sales furniture. My business name is registered--what are all the licenses that I will need? I am currently working on my contractors license but do I need a general business license as well? Anything special for Lincoln county/city?