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Your Business Start-up To-Do List: How to Begin

If you’re ready to start your business, you’re already in possession of an idea you think will succeed. The next thing on your Business Start-up To-Do List is research the market. Does your idea solve a problem, fulfill a need, or offer something desirable?

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Is Now a Good Time for You to Start a Business?

Jumping in with both feet to a new business takes commitment. Do a gut check: are you passionate about your idea? Do you believe in it so deeply that it will carry you through the long hours and lean times in the start-up phase? Your business concept doesn’t matter as much as your belief in it.

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Growth in Denver and What that Means for Small Business

For this post, we are going to talk about something that has been on a lot of people’s minds for at least the past few years. We are talking about growth in Denver, and what a key concern with this growth should be for small businesses.

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Be a Customer of Your Own Business

Two years ago, a study found that 81% of consumers perform research online before making a major purchase. That figure rose 20% from the previous year, and has likely continued to rise.

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Marketing Your Business or Yourself, the Elevator Pitch

Perhaps you’ve heard about this idea before or even told yourself that you would come up with one but haven’t yet. It’s the so-called “Elevator Pitch.” It is all about being able to pitch your business, idea, or yourself to someone in the minute or so that it takes to ride in an elevator with someone. It sounds easy right? It can be harder than you think, but it is time to finally put one together so you are armed with it when the need arises.

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Business Innovation is About More than Looking Forward

When most people think about innovation today, they often think about groundbreaking new technology. While this is often what leads to exciting new changes, innovation is about more than the latest technology. Instead, it can be about taking a look back in order to...

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CO Ranked #4 State for Business by CNBC

This year's rankings by CNBC for best states for business are in, and Colorado has taken the #4 spot. This comes as a significant, but not surprising, improvement from last year, where we discussed CO's position at #8 in the CNBC rankings. Take a look at a complete...

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CO Anti-Patent Troll Law

Colorado recently passed a law aimed at reducing the amount of so-called “patent trolling.” Generally, “patent troll” is used as a derogatory term to describe non-practicing entities, which are entities that own a patent on something but do not use it themselves (they...

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Coats v. Dish Network and CO Businesses

On Monday, June 15th, the Colorado Supreme Court issued its ruling in Coats v. Dish, LLC, this was a high profile case in Colorado symbolizing the clash between Colorado law permitting medical marijuana use, Federal law’s criminal approach to all marijuana use, and...

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Chet Baker

JobBiz, LLC

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Elizabeth Lewis has served as our small business attorney for the past 3 years. The legal expertise and knowledge of business regulations she provides enable us to focus on running the business. Her monthly newsletters offers insightful tips, and make us aware of potential changes which may effect our business operations so we are not caught off guard. We are extremely pleased with Elizabeth, and remain committed with her firm.
Rick Davis

Rick Davis Consulting, LLC

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The Law Office of E.C. Lewis, P.C. helped David Woolever, an entrepreneur, independent author, and publisher, with setting up his LLC, website, and also with advice on contacts his company would need.

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Owning their own business was a long-time dream for Jim Kreutzer and his son-in-law, Tim. They worked closely with the Law Office of E.C. Lewis, P.C. from the start. Elizabeth helped with the property lease agreement developing the necessary waivers for both adults and minors.

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Dan Jimenez and Ryan Humphries wanted to bridge fitness and adventure in their new startup, but they needed some help getting their business off the ground. They came to the Law Office of EC Lewis to help make sure they were legally set.

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Kristen Hansen and her aunt, Tami Takahashi both had business knowledge, but working together as business partners and selling online brought new questions and challenges. Elizabeth helped set up their company and composed a privacy policy and terms of use for the website.
Essential Elements for a Business Plan

Essential Elements for a Business Plan

Essential Elements for a Business Plan When you are starting a business, your odds of success will be much higher if you have an actual plan. However, sometimes recommendations for a business plan – like the ones offered by the Small Business Administration (SBA) –...

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Real Estate Services for Business Owners

Elizabeth Lewis provides the following real estate law services to small and medium sized business owners in Denver and throughout Colorado:

  • Commercial real estate purchases
  • Legal review of commercial real estate leases
  • Protecting your assets