View Poll Results: What business type do you use.
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Corporation
8 13.56% -
LLC
15 25.42% -
Partnership
6 10.17% -
Sole Proprietor
23 38.98% -
Nothing (Hobby)
7 11.86%
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Thread: What kind of business are you?
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03-23-2004, 01:00 PM #1Aspiring Evangelist
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What kind of business are you?
Wanted to see what business type people used for their hosting/reseller business
Alvin
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03-23-2004, 01:20 PM #2Web Hosting Master
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Greetings:
We are a Pennsylvania C corporation -- Dynamic Net, Inc. -- with We Manage Servers as a registered DBA under the parent company.
If it matters, we would probably have been better off to be a subchapter S corp or LLC.
Thank you.
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03-23-2004, 01:26 PM #3Disabled
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We fall under Hobby.
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03-23-2004, 01:30 PM #4THE Web Hosting Master
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Corporation in the state of Wisconsin, NoZone, Inc. dba Steadfast Networks.
Karl Zimmerman - Founder & CEO of Steadfast
VMware Virtual Data Center Platform
karl @ steadfast.net - Sales/Support: 312-602-2689
Cloud Hosting, Managed Dedicated Servers, Chicago Colocation, and New Jersey Colocation
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03-23-2004, 01:57 PM #5Web Hosting Master
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What if you are registered elsewhere in the world, in the UK or France for example and it is called something different. I think there should have at least been an "Other" option so people can state what they are in their country and then the American equiv. if they know it.
I know that the equiv. of LLC for the U.S. is Ltd in the U.K. and S.A.R.L. in France and Spain, but I personally think it would have been nice for an option like "Other" or something so people could've voted and stated what they are in their country. (Now they cannot vote if they don't know what they are, but they can post)
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03-23-2004, 02:31 PM #6Aspiring Evangelist
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Sorry about that Anjay. That would of been a good idea/choice. I would add it, but it does not let me anymore.
Alvin
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03-23-2004, 10:20 PM #7Aspiring Evangelist
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We are a Pennsylvania S-Corp.
Richard
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03-23-2004, 10:23 PM #8Web Hosting Master
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Right now i'm under the 'Nothing' status, but I will soon be a Sole Propreitor
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03-23-2004, 11:24 PM #9Web Developer
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LLC in Connecticut.
I don't see why people would want to be a Sole Proprietorship -- it offers no protection at all. ( Edit: Unless they can't find a second member to become an LLC, or a partner for an LLP, though I wouldn't want to be an LLP either. )
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03-24-2004, 12:18 AM #10WHT Addict
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California S-Corporation
Primal Blue Software, Inc.
primalblue.com
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03-24-2004, 12:41 AM #11THE Web Hosting Master
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Actually, in some states you can form an LLC with a single person as the owner...
Originally posted by DanX
LLC in Connecticut.
I don't see why people would want to be a Sole Proprietorship -- it offers no protection at all. ( Edit: Unless they can't find a second member to become an LLC, or a partner for an LLP, though I wouldn't want to be an LLP either. )Karl Zimmerman - Founder & CEO of Steadfast
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03-24-2004, 12:51 AM #12WHT Addict
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Originally posted by DanX
LLC in Connecticut.
I don't see why people would want to be a Sole Proprietorship -- it offers no protection at all. ( Edit: Unless they can't find a second member to become an LLC, or a partner for an LLP, though I wouldn't want to be an LLP either. )Primal Blue Software, Inc.
primalblue.com
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03-24-2004, 01:13 AM #13Web Hosting Master
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Alabama LLC here.
http://arc-sos.state.al.us/CGI/SOSCR...=1&P01=686204MGary Harris - the artist formerly known as Dixiesys
resident grumpy redneck
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03-24-2004, 01:37 AM #14Web Hosting Master
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Colorado LLC ...
Jay Sudowski // Handy Networks LLC // Co-Founder & CTO
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Offering Dedicated Server and Colocation Hosting from our SSAE 16 SOC 2, Type 2 Certified Data Center.
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03-24-2004, 01:54 AM #15Junior Guru
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Michigan s-corp
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03-24-2004, 05:04 AM #16Web Hosting Master
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I don't see why people would want to be a Sole Proprietorship -- it offers no protection at all. ( Edit: Unless they can't find a second member to become an LLC, or a partner for an LLP, though I wouldn't want to be an LLP either.)
Actually, 54% of companies in France are all E.I. which is the equivalent to sole proprietor. It also depends per country and so on - true there are a lot of benefits when becoming a SARL/EURL/etc., however there are very strict laws when becoming a business in France, even an E.I.
http://www.ccip.fr/index.asp
http://www.ccip.fr/index.asp?idmetapage=17
http://www3.ccip.fr/inforeg/formsoc/index.html
The above links show all the details on how to become a business in France, and it shows you all the regulations on this and that - whether you can become an E.I. or an E.U.R.L. or a S.A.R.L. and so on, the rules in France are very strict and unfortunately that is why so many are E.I.
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03-24-2004, 11:36 AM #17Web Hosting Master
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Delaware LLC