You have taken the leap and decided to open your own business in San Diego, but do you know where to start? Selecting the right business entity for your new enterprise is one of the first steps in the process. The Role of the Business Plan in Entity Selection You’ve...
Starting a New LLC in San Diego
Are you considering starting a new LLC in San Diego or anywhere in Southern California? You need the advice and counsel of experienced and proven business attorneys with decades of experience helping to form new LLCs and companies. At the Watkins Firm, our business lawyers can provide great coaching when...
San Diego is a Great Place for New Business
San Diego is a great place for new business opportunities. Are you thinking about starting a business of your own or branching out with a new one? According to recent surveys, San Diego ranks as one of the top cities in the nation to do just that. Part of what...
San Diego 13th Best for Female Entrepreneurs
What makes San Diego 13th best for female entrepreneurs and women owned business start ups? A financial research firm ranked San Diego 13thth nationwide, however there clearly is more work to be done to push our city up the list of places friendliest to women starting a business. Five criteria...
The Economic Importance of Business Start Ups
It is almost impossible to overstate the economic importance of business start ups in San Diego and Southern California. The World Series is wrapping up, so let’s consider a baseball analogy. In baseball, it can be difficult to accurately gauge the value of a rookie. Will a San Diego Padres...
We Bring Valuable Relationships and Experience to our San Diego Business Clients
The Watkins Firm has served thousands of San Diego business clients over the decades of our service, but one of our most valuable services is the experience we can offer as well as the strength of our connections and relationships throughout the business community. If you were starting a small...
Will a Downloadable Form Provide You With Substantial Guidance on Starting Your San Diego Business?
Downloadable forms are no substitute, and are in no way comparable to the advice of an experienced San Diego business attorney. The forms offered on popular download sites are stripped-down generic versions designed to appeal to a large audience. They are not complete enough, or thorough enough to help you...
Can I Avoid The Cost and Registration Requirements of Franchising By Another Form of Business Contract or Agreement?
California has very specific laws about how business relationships are structured, and whether or not a business contract constitutes a “franchise”, a “distributorship”, a “licensee” or simply a normal transaction of goods and services. I cannot stress enough the severity of business risk a company undertakes by attempting to mask one...
Lettuce hope these California start-ups succeed
On behalf of Daniel Watkins of Watkins Firm, A Professional Corporation posted on Sunday, December 22, 2013. Businesses begin in the minds of entrepreneurs, and they take root wherever that hard-working person calls home, whether it’s San Diego or elsewhere. Examples of emerging technologies competing to change a traditional California industry can be found...