TRUSTED PRACTICAL RELIABLE Business Compliance Requires Strategic Planning

We have the resources you need to figure out your compliance strategy with business entities, people obligations, and written agreements.  Rely on our experience for your success!
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Dana Ball

What Is Your Compliance Strategy?

Don’t shoot from the hip when it comes to business compliance, be strategic.  Do you have a system in place to maintain your legal entities, contracts and people? Planning out a system to keep your business compliant will add value to your bottom line AND reduce your liability risk.  Are you ready to get started on a compliance strategy for your small business?

Business Entities

Plan strategically with LLCs and S Corps.  Understand your maintenance obligations to stay out of costly legal situations.

People Compliance

Understand how a people management system will reduce your liability risk.  Don’t let concerns with your team take a back seat.

Plain Language

What written terms, policies, and agreements does your business actually need? Use plain language to avoid misunderstandings.

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Contact a Lawyer to Prepare Compliance Documents

Contact Avanta if you need more than compliance strategy and training resources!  The last thing you want from a business compliance partner is hassle. Avanta focuses on serving you with reliable expertise, clear legal guidance for your particular small business and plain language documents so you can be confident that your business is compliant.

As an entrepreneur, you have a lot on your plate, and your time is valuable.  Get the right business compliance services when you need it.

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Thankful for Dana’s legal advice and insight for my business. She gave me great ideas and resources to resolve legal issues. Will be recommending her to others!

Ty EricksonBusiness Owner

Dana was very helpful and informative in preparing us for legal action! She was easy to talk to, and we appreciate the consultation and recommendations of an attorney more specialized in the area we needed! Dana is very knowledgeable and also appreciated her quick response.

Carol Tanner

Dana knows what she knows and will make it known if something is outside of her wheelhouse. Highly recommend.

Paul Johnston

Dana was so incredibly helpful in answering all of my questions. I run a small design business and she was able to lay out everything I needed to make sure I was covered in every aspect of my business. Which I would have over-looked other wise. Dana and her whole staff is friendly and will treat you with respect. Thanks Dana Ball!

Kaley West

Frequently Asked Questions

Everybody Matters

Drama Can be Crushing

Drama Equals Lawsuits

Focus: Your Eyes off Business

  • Instead of Forward Thinking, You are Backward Thinking
  • Meetings to Handle Lawsuit, Not Meetings on Business
  • Correspondence is Distracting
  • Customer Service Equals Not a Priority
  •  Current Employees Pulled Away from Job Duties

Time Consuming (Effects) Equals Years

  • It Will Last 2-5 Years
  • Emotional Well Being
  •  Leadership
  •  Financial Strain on the Cash Flow
  • Easy to Make Mistakes Equals More Stress

Uncertainty of Future of the Business

  • Instability Fulfilling Orders or Services
  •  Confidence as Owner
  • Protecting a Minimal Value
  • Credibility to Get Loans
  • Growth is Changed

 Cost Equals Attorney

  • Social Media
  • Severance for Employees Early Buyout of Business Partner
  • Utilizing Insurance which May or May Not Cover Expenses
  • Attorney Fee’s
  • Plaintiff Damages or Settlement

Morale, Employees, Relationships, Owner and Family

Reputation is Damaged

  • Loyalty of Employees
  • Loyalty of Customers
  • Loyalty of Peers
  • Family

Civility is Good for Business

  • Partners Family Members
  • Employees
  • Independent Contractors
  • Customers or Patients
  • Third Parties

Accountability

Contracts Legal Entities

Form LLC or Corporation

  •  Maintain LLC or Corporation
  •  Legal Advice Vs. Online
  •  Contracts
  •  Client Service Agreements
  •  Communication Document Consent

 Verbal Conversations

  • Email or Human Resource System
  • Consent Forms
  •  Online Review
  • Contracts

 Don’t be Rude

Introduce People

  •  Call People Back
  • Reply to Emails
  • Focus on Speaker
  •  Follow Through.

Simple Systems

HR Compliance

Training

  • Hiring
  • Onboarding
  • Evaluating
  • Separation

Running a Business System Operations

Compliance

  • Financials
  • HR
  •  Day to Day
  •  Emergency Preparedness

 Ready to Sell

Buyers Buy Systems

  • Buyers Don’t Buy Messes
  • Valuations Value is What Buyer Willing to Pay
  • Do I Really Need a Letter of Intent? Non-Disclosure Agreements.
  • Don’t be Shocked by Attorney Fees

You the Business Owner

Self-Reflection

  • Business Owner
  • Business Owner Sets Expectations
  • Supervisors
  • Employees
  • Is My Business Drama Free?

Business Health Check Up

  • Why do Employees Leave and Why?
  • How Do You Show Up with Other Business Professionals?
  • Appreciation Counts
  • Bring It On!
  • Story Ahead

Areas to learn about:

  • Why Plain Language Agreements limit misunderstandings
  • Maintenance Made Easy for your legal entities and
  • Pay attention to civility and training supervisors 

Let's Get You On Track

How would your business survive a lawsuit costing $150k+ and lasting 2-3 years? You can’t control that one person who wants to sue you, but you can make it very difficult for any legal action to be successful. It’s up to you on how prepared you are.

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