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		<title>Consultant&#8217;s Corner &#8211; October 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; There are some different opinions on the rate of failure of small businesses, but most analysts agree that greater than 90% of businesses fail in their first 5 years.  I am always reading stories focused on how a new entrepreneur can join the elite 5-10% that doesn’t go under.  However, just because your business [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Urgent: Domain .XXX</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- This year will see the rollout of several new top level domains. In lieu of .com and .org, we will soon be seeing .NYC for the city of New York and .WM for Wal-Mart. One of the widely noted new top level domains will be .XXX, which is intended to enable better filtering of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trading Up: Alternative Real Estate Investment Using the 1031 Exchange</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- Real estate investment has always been a popular means of increasing personal wealth. Unfortunately, the current state of the housing market has caused potential investors to raise their guard and seek alternative methods when exploring new investment opportunities. Few, however, take advantage of the multitude of alternative investment strategies that exist within the real estate market itself.  A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MWR Legal Now Offers Full Service Business Consulting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MWR Legal (www.MWRLegal.com) has teamed up with the Texas Entrepreneur Networks (www.txenetworks.com) to offer business growth and funding consulting to our clients.  Hall Martin is the Founder and Director of the Texas Entrepreneur Network and a past Director of the Central Texas Angel Network, and has connected hundreds of entrepreneurs with investors and other resources [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The America Invents Act: Bad for Small Businesses?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Big changes are coming to the US Patent System! The America Invents act, formerly the Patent Reform Act of 2011 (pdf), has gripped the attention of the attention of the business world since it passed through the U.S. Senate in April. The bill originated as the Patent Reform Act of 2007 (under Bush) and returned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Bare Minimum: Legal Advice for Bootstrappers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Start-ups and emerging companies demand focus on the bottom line (and most directly cash flow) for survival and growth. Lacking the freedom that comes with an influx of outside capital, bootstrappers must find ways to responsibly conserve cash. Unfortunately, this frugality is often to the detriment of building key elements of legal infrastructure and can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Copyright Law in a Digital Age</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The growth and proliferation of the internet as a widely accessible tool for communication, commerce, and information sharing has revolutionized the way we live life and do business.  Many historically traditional institutions have struggled to adjust to these fundamental changes. One such institution bears the responsibility of protecting and defending people’s rights &#8211; our legal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Startup Myth #3 &#8211; I Can Form A Company With My Eyes Closed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many entrepreneurs believe that entity formation is a “one size fits all” situation.  However, the type of entity you choose to form in the beginning can really impact your business. You may want to go after angel or venture capital.  Perhaps you plan to bootstrap a small company and sell it off in a few [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Grim Reaper Returns</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With Congress stuck in gridlock, the Bush tax cuts about to expire, and Goblins and Witches about to make their reappearance with the coming of winter, it’s important for people to reconsider their estate plans now. Though the media and the politicians are talking incessantly about taking up the Bush tax cuts in the post-election [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Start-up Myth #2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Focus on Immediate Survival- Save Long Term Planning for Later Being an entrepreneur is complicated.  Enterprises often face having too few resources but an abundance of expenses.  Even so, when you choose to make trade-offs, don’t be pennywise but pound foolish.  Spend smart money on a few key legal documents to build essential infrastructure for [...]]]></description>
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