February 28, 2024
What is cash flow? Tips for Buying a Business
You need to know the cash flow of a business BEFORE you buy it. Let’s break it down. Cash flow in business is simply money coming in and going out. It’s money made and money paid…
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February 21, 2024
How to pick a trademark name for my business
What is your business named? Do you have it registered as a trademark? All businesses that are going nationwide need a trademark. It defends your business against stolen branding.…
February 6, 2024
How to Pay Yourself as a Business Owner
SBOBO (Sad, Burned Out Business Owners) When a business owner says they're burned out, when their face is worn and ragged, when they're stressed out… I always ask this one questio…
January 11, 2024
Work Full-Time, Prioritize Family, and Start a Business: Your Business Startup Tips
Starting a business while managing family responsibilities and a full-time job may seem tough. And it is! If: Your job takes 80 hours a week Your family commitments take 4 hours -…
January 11, 2024
What it's Like to Sell Your Business (Webinar Video)
Selling your business is exciting and scary. The dream of a big check captures many founders’ minds. Sadly, deals often fall through or are far more difficult than necessary. Matt…
January 11, 2024
Now Make Real Resolutions
Ten days in, do you know where your resolutions are? I love New Year's resolutions. I make them every year and sometimes I make great progress on them. But sometimes they fail. I'…
October 5, 2023
How do I get my first customers?
It's a common struggle for new business owners who have launched a business. They need customers but their social media channels don't have many followers, their google listing ha…
August 25, 2023
Service Animal Fraud is Criminal in Iowa
A service animal is an unclear term in the U.S. because different parts of the law use different terms to describe animals that help their owners by providing either a necessary o…
August 9, 2023
4 Types of Intellectual Property: Securing Your Business Benefits
Did you know that finding success in today’s fiercely competitive business landscape requires protection of your ideas, inventions, and brand identity? These intangible assets, kn…
August 9, 2023
Make Taxes Suck Less: 4 Practical Tips for Small Business Owners
Tax planning can be overwhelming. If you’re wondering what taxes a small business has to pay, which deductions my business can claim, and other similar questions, you’re not alone…
June 26, 2023
Why are service marks and trademarks important for business?
Establishing a strong brand identity is one of the most important actions you can do to ensure success in your business. Why? Because your brand identifies your business with your…
June 8, 2023
Emma's Enchanting Encounter: The Tale of a Trademark Triumph
Once upon a time in a quaint little town, there lived a passionate baker named Emma. Emma had spent years perfecting her recipes and dreaming of opening her bakery. After countles…
May 2, 2023
Benefit Corporations vs Public Benefit Corporations in Iowa
In 2021, Iowa enacted a new type of corporation, the Benefit Corporation, via HF844, signed by Governor Reynolds June 8, 2021. This added subchapter 17 to chapter 490 of the Iowa…
April 4, 2023
Safeguard Your Startup: Why Registering a Trademark is Essential for Tech Entrepreneurs
Another company is using my name! We worked with a business owner who had a competitor start a business in a neighboring town using the same name. It was in the same county! The c…
March 22, 2023
Caring about Small Businesses - Entrepreneurship in Our Genes
Why do we on the Iowa Business Lawyer team care so much about small businesses? Well, small business ownership is in Attorney Matt Nuzum’s genes. Parents play a huge role in their…
January 29, 2023
Free Event - Biennial Report Help 2023
Free help for Iowa LLC owners—every other year you have to file a biennial report. If you’d like help, join this meeting and I’ll walk you through it. The process takes 10 min or…
January 7, 2023
What intellectual property rights should business owners protect?
Define IP, IP types, and their differences, understand the benefits of IP protection, and discover how to get IP protection. What Intellectual Property Means Intellectual property…
December 30, 2022
Buying or Selling a Business in Iowa – What You Need to Know
We love helping our clients buy or sell a business and have worked with many clients on deals as small as $30,000 up to millions. Buying or selling a business in Iowa isn't as str…
April 11, 2022
What happens to the security deposit if a tenant leaves before the lease ends?
A lease to rent a home is a contract, but landlord/tenant law can cause some unusual results compared to other areas of contract law. When a tenant breaks their lease they are bre…
February 23, 2022
Do Iowa landlords need a trust account for rental deposits?
There is legal terminology running around that says "landlords must hold rental deposits in trust," or similar. This is not exactly what the law says, though at a high level, I be…
January 4, 2022
Iowa's Low-Speed Electric Bicycle law
As of January 1st, 2022, a new Iowa law takes effect that more clearly defines the rules around bicycles assisted with electric motors, commonly called "e-bikes." I support having…
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