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- From: albrecht@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Chad Edward Albrecht)
- Newsgroups: misc.entrepreneurs,misc.legal
- Subject: Re: Seeking advice: Forming "partnership"/joint-venture.
- Date: 16 Nov 1992 19:24:56 GMT
- Organization: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
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- shaver@convex.com (Dave Shaver) writes:
- : My brother and some of his friends are going to start a business
- : venture. The basic facts are:
- :
- : - There are three equal partners in this venture.
- : - The business will involve raising then selling animals.
- : - None of them has enough capital to fund the entire venture
- : himself.
- : - The animals themselves, as well as the needed supplies and
- : pens/cages, will be located on the land of one of the
- : parters. This partner will be primarily responsible for the
- : care of the animals. The building of the pens and the
- : purchase of the animals is the main capital outlay involved
- : in this venture.
- : - None of the parters has any significant business experience.
- :
- : The advice I had for my brother was to get some sort of legal entity
- : set up ASAP. I saw many potential problems that could crop up down the
- : road. Some of the include:
- :
- : - One or more of the parters wants to pull out of the venture
- : before the animals are old enough to sell.
- : - The animals die and one or more partner doesn't want to try
- : again.
- : - The parter who is caring for the animals on a daily basis
- : will feel he deserves more of the cut since he's doing more
- : work and the animals are housed on his land.
- : - The parters will get to some impasse where they can't agree
- : in a friendly manner how some major business decision should
- : be made.
- :
- : Does anyone have suggestions on what type of "partnership" they should
- : set-up? Do you have any suggestions on books which cover this
- : subject? My brother wants to keep it simple, but I told him to make
- : sure it's all in writing.
- :
- : I told him to figure out exactly what they wanted, then to visit a
- : lawyer to write the final document. I suggested at a minimum that the
- : document should spell out:
- :
- : - How much capital each parter will be putting in.
- : - How profits and losses will be shared.
- : - Who will be legally responsible for the animals should they
- : damage something or hurt someone.
- : - What the terms and conditions for dissolving the partnership
- : will be.
- : - What happens if one (or more) partner wants to get out
- : early.
- : - Who retains ownership of the animals or the cages if the
- : partnership is resolved or it one of the partners leaves.
- : - What happens if they run out of capital before they get any
- : profit to cover expenses.
- : - That binding arbitration would be used to resolve disputes.
- :
- : Any other suggestions of things to include? I'll summarize and post.
- : Thanks for your input!
- :
- : /\ Dave Shaver
- : \\ CONVEX Computer Corporation, Richardson, TX
- : \/ Internet: shaver@convex.com UUCP: uunet!convex!shaver
-
-
-
- Being involved in one business gone bad, I'm glad that I had the following:
-
- -legal partnership agreements stating:
- -amount of intitial investment
- -role performance
- -legal obligations
- -penalties
- -legal corporate stock in the company.
- -exactly 50% ownership
- -ledger of all APIC (additional paid in capitol)
- -CPA doing all the acounting work.
- -personally check the bank statements every month
-
- I hope that these things help. If you have any other questions, feel free
- to E-mail me.
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