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Shanian Llc

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I would advise Shania that an LLC would be the best form of business to accomplish her goals. Shania wants to open a Christian coffeehouse and already has a name in mind. Colorado LLC laws allow LLCs to be formed with one or more members, taxes them at a lower rate like partnerships and sole proprietorships, and provides the members with lower liability that protects them from the company’s debt (Scrofano, n.d.). This form of business will give Shania the ability to name her company what she wants and run it how she wants. The limited liability is also desirable. The other options have faults which I would explain to Shania. A sole proprietorships major downfall is the fact that the owner and company are the same legal entity, the “sole …show more content…

You must meet their demands as laid out in the franchise contract. These rigid operating requirements can include the company name and how you conduct your business. This goes directly against Shania’s desire to run her business as a Christian coffeehouse under the name she picked out. The franchise has its benefits, such as the training she is offered; but it takes away her ability to shape it in the way she wants. Opening it independently insures that she can buy what she wants, run it how she wants, and sell what she wants in what she believes is a Christian manner. I utilized the name availability search and found that the name ‘the gathering place LLC’ is available in the state of Colorado, LLC was included because it distinguishes the name and is a required term for LLC’s (Colorado Department of State, n.d.). I also utilized the advanced search for trademarks and found it to be available in the form of ‘the gathering place LLC’ (Colorado Department of State, n.d.). I would suggest that Shania consider a different name as there are additional business in Colorado with ‘the gathering place’ in their name. This presents potential problems such as people confusing her business with those other businesses. Shania faces an interesting dilemma regarding the people interested in being included in her business. The first interested party is her husband who is willing to give Shania money to start the business, but does not want to contribute as an

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