The Limited Liability Company (LLC), a hybrid of the partnership and the corporation, has become a popular legal alternative for business owners. Now available in almost all states, the LLC combines ...

Business owners seeking to limit their personal liability for the actions and debts of the company may structure the business as a limited liability partnership or as a limited liability company.

A limited liability company is a type of business entity and is often miscalled a limited liability corporation. Each business structure offers the business owners advantages and disadvantages when it ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. When choosing a small business structure, many owners go for a limited liability company (LLC) because of the protection from liabilities ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mike Kappel is the Founder of Patriot Software, LLC. Starting a business is all about taking things one step at a time. One big ...

A holding company is a legal business entity (usually a limited liability company or C Corporation) that owns or has a controlling interest in one or more companies (called “subsidiaries”). Other ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

When starting a business, people have the option of either doing so through a sole proprietorship (one person owns the business), a partnership (two or more people own the business), or through a ...

The biggest decision you’ll make as a new business owner is whether you want to set up as an unlimited liability company or not. How you structure your new business will have lasting implications for ...