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Building Business Potential

legal services for entrepreneurs, startups, and small businesses


Building Business Potential

Building Business Potential

legal services for entrepreneurs, startups, and small businesses


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600 17th Street
Suite 2800 South
Denver, Colorado 80202
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 303.226.5656 (P)

Assisting Startups and Established Businesses

Whether you have a new startup or an established business, we are here to help you realize your goals and provide you with effective legal solutions.

See the Practice Areas section to learn more about how we can help.

Serving Creative & Social Entrepreneurs is Our Mission

As a public benefit law firm, we understand the unique challenges faced by entrepreneurs & others using business as a force for good. We are passionate about helping all entrepreneurs, and offer discounted rates to public benefit businesses.

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Pote Law Firm assists modern entrepreneurs and business owners of all types throughout Colorado. We offer flat- or fixed-fee services and provide effective and efficient solutions that stay within our clients' budgets.

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Practice Areas

Pote Law Firm assists clients in the following areas:


BUSINESS FORMATION

It is important for any startup or business owner to choose the right business structure. The right structure can protect ownership from personal liability on business obligations, facilitate the raising capital, produce significant tax benefits, and achieve the correct working arrangement between ownership and management. PLF helps new and restructuring businesses determine the entity best suited for that particular business and properly file the appropriate documents with the state. Whether you want to form some kind of partnership, limited liability company (LLC), co-op, or corporation, PLF may be able to help.

OWNERSHIP AGREEMENTS

Multi-owner business arrangements, and even single-member LLCs, should formally create an ownership agreement that reflect positions that are agreeable to all of the owners. By having a "meeting of the minds" at the outset, difficulties down the road and potentially costly litigation can be avoided. Ownership agreements also allow owners to specify what their rights and duties will be, and to determine the conditions and procedures for important business events, like changes in ownership, mergers, or dissolution. PLF is here to help you with your operating or other ownership agreements as well as corporate bylaws.

TRADEMARKS & COPYRIGHTS

Trademarks are a uniquely commercial kind of intellectual property that have the potential to become important financial assets. Copyrights protect original creative works by giving their owners exclusive rights over the use of their works. Many businesses have creative works or marks used in commerce, like slogans, mottos or logos that benefit from being registered with the appropriate governmental agencies -- registration offers greater protection and the possibility of enhanced remedies. PLF works with startups and small businesses to determine whether registration of any marks or works makes sense and, if so, to properly complete searches and applications.

CONTRACTS, TERMS, & POLICIES

Contracts are essential to the functioning of business. The right written agreement can smooth out business operations and save considerable time and expense down the road. Terms of use are just internet agreements for your website, mobile app, or business service that protect your business against risks from customers or site-users. Company policies, like data-security policies and privacy policies, are also required for many businesses under various state and federal laws. PLF keeps up with developments in this rapidly evolving legal landscape and assists startups and small businesses with their contract and compliance needs and to draft agreements, terms, and policies.





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Nov 30, 2021

LLC Equity Compensation (and Incentive Plans)

 By a fairly wide margin, LLCs are now the most common type of entity for both emerging and established businesses. The dominance of LLCs is a testament to their ownership, management and tax flexibility, as well as the fact that all 50 states now have well-developed LLC statutes. Whether a particular LLC is still a startup or is further along, its owners and operators may want to provide equity compensation to key employees and other service providers (like consultants and advisors). Equity compensation provides the following benefits to the company: 1.It helps to align the interests of key…



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Aug. 31, 2021

Colorado Employment Law - Vacation Pay Policies After Nieto

 On June 14th, the Colorado Supreme Court issued an opinion in Nieto v Clark’s Market Inc. Employers would be wise to consider this opinion when developing or revisiting their vacation and similar policies.In Nieto, the Court held that an employer’s policy (as set forth in its employee handbook) that required the forfeiture of earned and determinable vacation pay upon termination of employment was void under the Colorado Wage Claim Act ("CWCA"). This decision has potentially far-reaching implications for Colorado employment law. Following the decision in Nieto, it is no longer unsettled…



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Mar. 29, 2021

Public Benefit Cooperatives and Limited Cooperative Associations in Colorado

 For a few more days, it’s still B Corp month! We’re pleased to have any opportunity to celebrate B Corps and businesses operating as a force for good! In previous entries, I’ve discussed Public Benefit Corporations and Public Benefit LLCs. This time, I’d like to discuss another type of PBC, the Public Benefit Cooperative. In discussion with clients, it seems that many are unaware that Colorado’s Public Benefit Corporations Act (PBCA) is not just for conventional for-profit corporations. Certainly any such corporation can be organized as a…



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