The Legal Protection You Need As An Entrepreneur or Small Business Owner

<h2>When Starting a Business, You Need Legal Protection to No Only  Legally Protect Your Business, but Yourself Too.</h2> <p> </p> <h3><strong>About Cheri Andrews</strong></h3> <p>Cheri is a small business attorney, licensed in Pennsylvania who works with small business owners and entrepreneurs. She helps them set up legal protection to ensure they are legally protected. Cheri helps business owners so that they can grow their businesses with the confidence of knowing it is being done right.</p> <p>After being laid off in late 2019, Cheri decided that it was time to give back and make a difference. She decided that the best thing she could do was take all of the legal knowledge and skills she built over the past 30-years and help those who need help the most, the small business owners. Cheri’s goal is to make legal protections accessible before business owners get into trouble.</p> <h3><strong>Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs Need Legal Protection Too</strong></h3> <p>If you can prevent a lawsuit in the future, why wouldn’t you want to? You can do things upfront to protect yourself from future lawsuits.</p> <h4>Choice of Business Entity for Legal Protection</h4> <ul> <li>Sole Proprietor - You are the only one in your business</li> <li>Partnership - You and a friend or partner.</li> </ul> <p>In both cases, there is no separate entity to protect you. That means you are personally liable for any of the debts and obligations of your company. By personably liable it means that if someone were to sue you, your bank accounts, your home, your cars, basically anything you own is up for grabs in a lawsuit. The first thing to do is set up a business entity.</p> <h3>The LLC for Legal Protection as a Small Business Owner or Entrepreneur</h3> <p>The best way to protect yourself and your business is by becoming an LLC. This includes if you are in any kind of business where you are providing advice or services. Likewise, if you are operating a storefront where someone could slip and fall. Basically, an LLC will protect you