Are you starting a new business in San Diego or anywhere in California?  You need a proven and experienced business formation attorney to share their experience and how to avoid the pitfalls that have caused other businesses to fail.  The Watkins Firm has 40+ years of experience serving the business, science and tech, real estate and medical / healthcare communities here in San Diego and across California. We are the go to firm if you are starting a new company.  We’ve helped thousands and thousands of business to startup and succeed at a faster pace.

Are you considering starting a new business in San Diego? 

Is this your first company, or are you expanding your interests? 

What is it that separates the small percentage of new companies that succeed from the majority who fail? 

Even the best professional athletes in the world hire coaches.  Do you know why?  To help them to avoid distractions and problems that could sideline them, to keep them focused on the central fundamentals of their profession and to help them to take their game to the next level.

Entrepreneurs starting a new business deserve a proven coach as well.  The experienced business attorneys at the Watkins Firm are your business coach.  We have served the San Diego business community for more than four decades, and have not only helped thousands of businesses across virtually every form of market niche, but we are very likely to have experience and expertise in your specific industry.  This insight is extremely valuable to entrepreneurs who are starting a new Limited Liability Corporation or LLC, or are beginning an S-Corporation or C-Corporation.

Our medical practice and healthcare business clients are learning about the advantages of a Management Services Organization and how an MSO can help to increase profitability as well as the quality of medical care and the patient experience.

We help you to avoid the pitfalls that harm or ultimately bring an end to other businesses.  We help you to keep your focus on the fundamentals, freeing you to go out and accomplish the work necessary to grow and expand your new business.  We help to prevent business disputes before they ever arise, through expert planning, and construction of legal documents including an operating agreement or shareholder’s agreement.  We keep our work with start-ups affordable, because we understand the importance of keeping your working capital where it is needed – in your business account.

However, entrepreneurs starting a new business have to make a lot of important decisions at the outset, and the process we guide you through will lay the strong foundation upon which to build your new enterprise.

Pro-Tip: “The corporate documents, if you choose a corporation, not all corporations are the same. If you choose a limited liability company, if you choose a partnership, a limited liability partnership, an S Corporation or a C Corporation, a Management Services Organization or MSO, there’s all types of different variations. And then you can get into the nitty gritty based on your profession and all the regs and all theprofessional license requirements and all of the, depending on the kind of company, their resale license and permits. There’s all kinds of little things that your old, experienced business lawyer knows about and can tell you about from the get go. As opposed to you finding out after you’ve made a few mistakes that really come back to hurt you down the road.

You’re giving birth to a living creature that’s been recognized as a separate entity by the United States Supreme Court. And so what it means is birth of a new entity, and what we call capitalizing. And so you have these corporate documents and you have to decide on how much ownership will cost and who owns what. Then you decide about what potential ownership options there are. Voting Rights. Reserve shares, I mean other ways in which people can own a piece of it. And then you capitalize it. Either you capitalize it with cash or you capitalize it with goodwill or a combination or a property. But how you capitalize it can determine whether or not it’s a real company or you have all those protections of corporate veil and creditors and you’re personally shielded. So how you start it is very important. And thinking about it, we’ll send you on the right path to avoiding all kinds of pitfalls and trouble.” – Dan Watkins, Founding Partner

It doesn’t matter if this is your first company, or your fifth.  The experienced business counselors and attorneys at the Watkins Firm are the coach that will support you, encourage you, drive you and help you to take your game to the next level.  We invite you to review the strong recommendations of our clients and contact the Watkins Firm or call 858-535-1511 for a complimentary consultation today.