How do I determine the name of my sole proprietorship?

The name of a sole proprietorship must include the founder’s family name and must be truthful. more

By STARTUPS.CH, October 25, 2022
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A legal Overview of the Sole Proprietorship

The sole proprietorship is the most popular legal form for entrepreneurs in Switzerland. In this legal form, only one person manages the business and no corporation (SA OR Sàrl) is created. The owner provides the capital for his or her business activity, represents the company externally and bears the entrepreneurial risk alone. more

By STARTUPS.CH, September 28, 2022
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The name of the sole proprietorship

The owner of a sole proprietorship has two names. On the one hand, the name of the business (company name) for business relations and, on the other hand, the civil name for normal legal relations (first and last name). When choosing a company name, certain conditions have to be considered. more

By STARTUPS.CH, September 8, 2022
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Sole Proprietorship vs. Limited Liability Company (part 1)

Many entrepreneurs wonder whether they want to become self-employed by setting up a sole proprietorship or a limited liability company. To answer this question, various factors must be considered. Among other things, the differences regard accounting, liability, the name of the company and the social insurance status. more

By STARTUPS.CH, July 5, 2022
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Competition Planning Mistakes in a Business Plan #2: Don’t Ignore

In a Business plan you need to consider three important aspects about your competition: 1) There is always a market you have to analyse. 2) You can learn a lot from your competitors strategy, value chain etc. 3) You have to position yourself and keep constantly an eye on your competition. If you ignore your […] more

By STARTUPS.CH, November 11, 2016
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Top or Flop: Face up to Consumer reality with Online Market Potential Research

Are you in the course of founding a company or have you become an entrepreneur? Then you might have invested already lots of time in desk-researching market figures. How would you have managed to put a value in the market potential-section in your business plan? more

By STARTUPS.CH, November 10, 2016
Published in | Sole Proprietorship, Start-up & Entrepreneurship, Startups Scene, STARTUPS.CH | No comments

New Company Law: Important change in naming rights for the collective proprietorship

In Switzerland on the 1st of July 2016 a New Company Law on naming rights came into force. New collective, limited and limited commercial partnership can use fantasy names and don’t have to use their family name. more

By STARTUPS.CH, July 18, 2016
Published in | Company (AG) Law, LLC (GmbH) Law, Partnership, Sole Proprietorship, STARTUPS.CH | No comments

The One-Man Stock Corporation (Einpersonen-AG)

The revision of company and accounting law has enabled a one-man stock corporation. But there are still certain things to keep in mind. more

By STARTUPS.CH, April 17, 2014
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The Merger Act: Merger and Demerger

Amongst others, the Merger Act determines the course of action regarding mergers and demergers. The rulings under the Merger Act apply for all legal forms. more

By STARTUPS.CH, February 21, 2014
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Reasons to trademark a business name

A trademark is very important. more

By STARTUPS.CH, January 27, 2012
Published in | Corporation, LLC (GmbH) Law, Other, Partnership, Sole Proprietorship | No comments

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