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Watch Out For This Vulnerability When Forming A Florida LLC

By John Williams August 9, 2024

Before doing business or owning assets through a single-member Florida LLC, you should consider either adding a nominal partner or using a Delaware single-member LLC instead. Florida is the most popular state for business formation. Florida has more active business entities than even the state of Delaware. More than 2.6 million entities are active in […]

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How to add or remove members from a Delaware LLC

By John Williams May 5, 2016
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How is the change in membership documented? Typically, the names of LLC members are not filed with the State of Delaware, therefore there is no amendment that needs to be filed with the Delaware Division of Corporations or your Registered Agent to add or remove members from a Delaware LLC. The names of the members […]

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Dedicated Delaware Series LLC information page at Incnow.com

By John Williams September 17, 2013

Just today, Incnow.com added a new page dedicated to the series LLC. This page is designed to help someone forming a series LLC to understand their operation from start to finish. It explains the difference between the cell and the company and even discusses up and coming issues to be addressed by the Uniform Laws […]

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Delaware Public Benefit Corporations: Doing Well and Doing Good

By John Williams August 5, 2013

A new Public Benefit Corporation law became effective on August 1, 2013 in Delaware. This law creates the option to incorporate a public benefit corporation, which is a for-profit corporation that also has a public benefit goal. Managers, officers, and directors must balance the best interests of stockholders, public interest, and the interests of those […]

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Why Should You Incorporate in Delaware?

By John Williams June 22, 2013

Chances are you are located outside Delaware, but your friends suggested Delaware to you. The question is why? Why would you incorporate in Delaware, when you could incorporate in your home state? We have created an infographic that explains why to incorporate in Delaware. Why is Delaware the best place to incorporate? The simple answer is […]

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Why everyone should use the Series LLC

By John Williams April 26, 2013

Incnow is excited to announce that John Williams will be presenting a seminar on the Series LLC to the American Bar Association’s section on Real Property, Trusts and Estates titled: Why Everyone Could Use a Series LLC. The seminar will be a 1.5 hour teleconference at noon on Tuesday, May 14, 2013. Having set up […]

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How is the Delaware Series LLC like an egg carton and a 747?

By John Williams March 4, 2013

Would you buy a dozen eggs with each in its own individual packaging? Would you buy a dozen eggs all sloshing around in a basket together? In the first example, the packaging is wasteful and embellished and makes them hard to open when needed and difficult to carry around. However in the second example the […]

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Do I need to obtain an EIN Number for a Delaware LLC?

By John Williams December 19, 2012

An LLC run as a one member LLC can either use the Social Security Number (SSN) of the single owner to conduct business, or it can obtain a separate Employer Identification Number (EIN). An EIN is also required for an LLC if it is a multimember LLC. We recommend that you obtain an EIN number […]

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2012 LLC Institute: practical aspects of charging orders

By John Williams October 18, 2012

 Potomac Boathouse John Williams is attending a 2-day conference in Washington, D.C. called the LLC Institute. Jay Adkisson is now presenting on charging orders. His position is they should not exist. They are a historical bastard. Creditors don’t use this usually. They use alter ego or something else. There is no uniformity between states on […]

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Why Attorneys SHOULD use the Series LLC – Upcoming ABA Conference Call

By John Williams September 28, 2012

John Williams will be presenting a “hot topics” conference call with the American Bar Association’s Real Property Trusts and Estates Section’s subcommittee on Partnerships and LLCs to discuss why attorneys SHOULD use series LLCs in real estate transactions. This call is tentatively scheduled for mid January, 2013. Items to be discussed will include common applications […]

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Why Bloggers Should Incorporate: How to transfer blog assets over to your new company

By John Williams September 10, 2012

You may enjoy expressing yourself in the freedom and irreverence of the blog format, unconstrained by typical journalistic restraints.  Self-imposed restraints that journalists have in traditional media is for a reason.  Journalists don’t want to publish information that, even if true, casts non-public figures in a false light, or take the chance of using copyrighted […]

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From Inspiration to Incorporation: How to turn an idea into a business

By John Williams September 5, 2012

Take a look around. What do you see? Buildings, advertisements, televisions, computers, furniture, food, vehicles, and, of course, nature. What is absent from these items is the story and where the story began. You may see brands, you may see the products, but how much thought do you ever put into how it all came […]

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IncNow Staff Adventure Profile: U.S. National Rowing Team Ambitions

By John Williams August 21, 2012

Recently many of us watched the Summer Olympics. In rowing, the United States men’s and women’s teams each won medals. IncNow is playing a small part in helping to boost the success of the U.S. National Rowing Team by providing opportunities to ambitious athletes trying out for the U.S. National Team. Vice President of IncNow, John Williams, […]

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Why incorporate with Incnow? It’s simple: Value.

By John Williams August 9, 2012

With all the incorporation and registered agent services found online; how do you know which company offers the best service, quality and timeliness at a very low cost?  This equals tremendous VALUE.  Others have registered agent fees which are as high as $300.00 per year; and filing packages which are as high as $1,000.00 (the […]

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Staff Adventure Profile: Climbing Mt. Rainier

By John Williams August 7, 2012

On July 17th, IT intern Alec Walczak boarded his flight for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in the pursuit of summiting Mt. Rainer, a 14,411 foot peak in Washington State. His journey began on the morning of July 19th with Alec’s friend from home, six other climbers, and four expedition leaders at Paradise Jackson Visiting Center (5,000 […]

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Mitt Romney was not listed as Director or President on Delaware Annual Reports of Bain Capital, Inc. in 2000 or 2001 (only the 1999 report)

By John Williams July 16, 2012

Mitt Romney has been getting a lot of heat about SEC filings last week and this weekend. The interesting part is the discrepancies between his claims of being not involved in the management of the company, while being listed as the Chairman and President of Bain Capital, Inc. What I revealed in the previous post […]

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How are Minutes and Bylaws like the “spork”?

By John Williams February 11, 2012

Bob is deciding between a limited liability company (“LLC”) and a Corporation (“Inc.”) and he first “does his homework” to see what documents are included with the package. Bob notices the “complete LLC” includes a certificate of formation on file with the Division of Corporations and an internal LLC operating agreement. He may realize that […]

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How is a Series LLC, like a Fountain Soda?

By John Williams December 31, 2011

I was thinking about a new way to describe the “series LLC” today: the analogy is “bags-in-a-box.” The series LLC has been described as many companies in one with internal asset segregation, not available elsewhere without multiple entity filings. We have been forming these since about 2004, and were one of the early adopters. We […]

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Taking the mystery out of forming a Delaware LLC…the nuts and bolts from order to formation.

By John Williams November 16, 2011

I thought it would be helpful to explain the Delaware Limited Liability Company (“LLC” or “company”) formation process after Agents and Corporations, Inc. (“we” or “our”) receive an order through www.incnow.com.  Our office upon receiving your order will first log into the State of Delaware Secretary of State Division of Corporations (the “State”) computer system […]

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Top 10 LLC Misconceptions

By John Williams September 23, 2011

1. LLC’s have stock. No. LLC members’ ownership derives from the agreement with the company and its other members, not from the possession of a certificate. While an LLC can issue membership certificates, it is not recommended and such membership certificates are misleading. The ownership interest is derived from the contract, not possession of a […]

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