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Doing Biz Abroad | business in the global marketplace

May 12th, 2008

Taking risks

Periodically, the business channel here at b5 has a challenge, and this one is about taking risks. Since it’s world trade month, I thought mine should have something to do with, not surprisingly, trade.
The risk I took was to start a law firm with the aim of assisting foreign (mostly German) companies set up in […]

By Chris -- 1 comment

February 26th, 2008

A single market - sort of

Since I’m on the subject of doing business in the US, one of the things non-US businesspeople (particularly Europeans) don’t understand is the US federal system. After all, the US has a single huge market with one language and one currency, what’s not to like?
Well, from a legal perspective, each of the 50 states retain […]

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February 25th, 2008

Before you sign that contract …

I recently met with some potential new clients, and we had a conversation which I’ve had over and over again with businesses considering entering the US. I’ve decided to cover some of those issues here in what will be a somewhat sporadic series on the legal aspects of doing business in the US.
The first thing […]

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January 8th, 2008

Ok, maybe I’m LinkedIn a little bit

Having just touted the merits of not being LinkedIn, and having received no feedback on my plaintive cry for help, I’ve decided to go ahead and work with LinkedIn for a while and see what happens. So last night, in front of the TV, I moused and buttoned my way across the LinkedIn universe and […]

By Chris -- 5 comments

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