What is a franchise operations manual? Simply put, it’s the essential playbook that ensures every franchisee replicates the franchisor’s brand, processes, and standards across all franchise locations. This critical document lays out everything from daily operations to branding guidelines and legal requirements, emphasizing its role in ensuring consistency, quality, and compliance across all franchise locations. … Read more
Are Stormy Waters Ahead? Why You Should Begin Securing Your Wealth Today, Not Tomorrow Many financial forecasters have commented that we may be in the eerie calm before the storm of another economic crisis. While there are good points on either side of the debate, there are plenty of indicators that small businesses should be … Read more
Need to Know: Basic Financials for a Business For every business there are four financial documents that are essential for your business to create and update. The challenges of making business decisions requires these documents to give you an overall understanding of your business’s health. One important thing to remember is to not let the … Read more
5 Things Small Businesses Need to Know about the Affordable Care Act in 2016 Most small businesses while perhaps aware of the affordable care act (ACA), also known as ObamaCare, many have ignored or are oblivious to the important deadlines kicking in this year. Here are 5 important facts every small business needs to know … Read more
2016: Advice from the Experts The new year is always an exciting time for businesses and entrepreneurs. A time to fully reflect on the progress or setbacks of the last year and begin planning for how to make this year your best. Reidel Law Firm always endeavors to give our clients and friends the best … Read more
Doing Business in Texas: Intellectual Property Intellectual property is an integral part of many businesses and certainly for startups and franchisors in Texas. Texas developed great protections for businesses and their intellectual property. These protections include trademark and service mark registration, unfair competition laws, among other protective laws such as prosecution for trade secret violations. … Read more
When to Franchise Your Business Making the decision to franchise your business is very big and should not be taken lightly. A franchise is a business model that allows an owner to expand and sell the business model to other entrepreneurs, explained in more detail in our article: What is a Franchise. There are four basic … Read more
How to Value Your Business Valuing a company is one of the inevitable tasks a business owner will make in their life. Whether valuing a company you wish to invest in, or testing your own concept for a startup, or even valuing your company to take on investors, it is an invaluable skill. There are … Read more
Doing Business in Texas: Taxation Texas has been consistently ranked as one of the best states for businesses, no doubt in large part to our low tax rates and business friendly tax policies. In this installment of our Doing Business in Texas series we cover the topic of Taxation in Texas. There are a variety … Read more
What is a Close Corporation? You may have heard the term, ‘closed company’ before, this often refers to a close corporation. A close corporation is a business structure for a corporation that is utilized by small companies where the shares are held by a select few individuals who are generally closely associated with the business. … Read more
