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Clarity

Laurel Mintz

Greater Los Angeles Area

Laurel Mintz has built a career that blends her
deep personal passion for food, wine and lifestyle
with considerable business acumen and legal
expertise.

Areas of Focus Include:
- Branding - Business Entity Filing
- Marketing - Trademarks/IP
- Strategy - Contracts
- PR - Negotiations
- Events
- Social Media

$3.33/min

1 Call

3 Reviews

19 minutes
Avg. call

Social Media Online Marketing Event planning Strategic Planning New Business Development Social Networking Retail Sponsorship Legal Advice Trademarks

Answers 8
Reviews 3

Answers

Laurel Mintz answered

What is the best method to get a paid sponsor for my on line living well with diabetes show?

Creating a beautiful visual deck that shows the branding of the company, prior successes and of course core numbers on who your target audience is, how broad the reach is and how that creates benefit for the sponsor is key!

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Sponsorship

Laurel Mintz answered

I've been ousted from a project. What can I do?

It depends on what your contract says and what you want to do. Ultimately you need to decide what you want and then we can work backwards from that. But no just having the conversation does not automatically oust you.

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Legal Advice

Business Advice

Legal

Laurel Mintz answered

Very soft launch - Need to form LLC?

You should definitely have some sort of incorporation with a corporate book so that you are protected from liability should anything go wrong. The reasons you incorporate are for 1. liability purposes 2. tax purposes 3. it holds you out as a business much more professionally and will change how you treat the business as well.

If you are looking to fundraise at some point I might suggest a corporation. you are looking at about $2,000 for incorporation, corporate book and veil protection which would include all of your by-laws, minutes, stock issuance, IRS docs, etc. Also prepare yourself to pay an annual LLC or Corp. fee of $800.

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Legal Advice

Start-ups

Laurel Mintz answered

How can one file an EIN without an SSN/ITIN?

I've never heard of this problem. Usually you need to tie a personal social to the ein. It is possible that since you have a Secretary of State number that we could use that but would have to dig into it.

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Legal Services

Legal Advice

Legal

Laurel Mintz answered

Trying to understand what we are responsible for tax wise and legally...

This is a convoluted problem. I would have to read the contract to see what was outlined and speak with a CPA to determine tax liability. Generally you can close a company with the state and fed and pay pennies on the dollar by declaring bankruptcy if you are looking to get out of it altogether.

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Tax

Legal Advice

Legal

Laurel Mintz answered

As a minority shareholder in a closely held prvt co, how can I push for greater transparency and accountability from the controlling shareholder?

That depends on what the bylaws say you can and can't do. There is a standard fiduciary duty of shareholders and if they aren't meeting that then yes you probably can but I would need more information.

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Legal Advice

Laurel Mintz answered

Can you claim a name from the US trademark office if someone else was the first to come up with the name and didn't claim it with the office?

Yes. That is the whole purpose of the USPTO filing system. Whoever is first to file gets the mark. There is common law usage which they could argue but first to file is generally upheld.

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Trademarks

Domain Name Disputes

Branding & Identity

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What paperwork do we need signed by our partner that is leaving the company, and giving up his equity and rights to all projects he worked on?

it depends on what your partnership agreement said but ultimately you should be able to create or execute on your buy sell given the terms of your partnership agreement. He should also forfeit any stock shares issued. If none of that has been done if the partnership was never inked properly, then it would just take an attorney to draft the dissolution paperwork and take him off any shareholder docs, etc.

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Reviews

I was lucky to find Laurel! I had a disagreement with a team member in my startup regarding sponsorships and needed a third party to intervene. I was impressed with Laurel’s listening skills and how quickly she grasped the situation. Her input was tremendous; she knows her business and provided quality feedback in the short call. Do yourself a favor and give her a call!

Ken Johnson Source: Clarity

Laurel was an excellent intern during her time at the firm. I thoroughly enjoyed not only her outstanding performance and discipline, but her professionalism. Always on time and ready to work with a smile. Willing to go the extra yard.

I would suggest her for any position.

James Elam Source: LinkedIn

As a young professional, she’s 100% gun ho on making you happy. She’s smart, knows what she’s doing and better yet tells me what I need to do for a successful outcome. You can trust her. I can’t say that about many people in this world but Laurel is one of the few. Also, she knows when to be a pit-bull. You want her on your side, not the other guys or company’s. Business is war at times and I’d want Laurel in my foxhole.

Willie Kinoshita Source: LinkedIn

Member since August 2013