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Wednesday, May 18, 2016

To Start Up a Start-up | Callagy Law - Business Law Blog

In this blog post, Callagy Law will focus on topics to help people better their businesses. Clients often come to Sean Callagy’s team with questions about their businesses, ranging from contracts, disputes, and other common legal issues in the business world. We hope to answer some common questions with business owners their teams. Our mission is to answer any litigation and business law questions. Our goal is to help you avoid litigation and give you the necessary tools to run a successful business.

Approximately 90% of start-up companies fail. With such a high failure rate, it is no surprise that the relatively few businesses that succeed tend to thrive—at least for awhile. So, is there a secret to success? Success is probably simpler than the statistics might suggest, but, as with anything, an entrepreneur must pay attention to what works and what does not. There are about twenty-eight million small businesses in the United States. Most will not succeed much longer, but a small percentage will thrive and continue to thrive.

One trait of a successful business—and it might seem obvious–is to create a product that fits the current market. The most common reason new companies fail is that they make a product no one actually wants. The owner/businessman might think he or she is offering a desirable product or service, but in reality it is a product or service he thought the public wanted. In other words, it was a product or service he or she wanted and then they assumed the rest of the buying public thought the same way.

It is also important for the owner to work on the business, rather than in the business. Successful entrepreneurs understand that doing everything themselves might be necessary at the very beginning of a start-up, but business growth comes with proper staffing. An entrepreneur/owner acts as the captain of the ship and steers it in the right direction. If the business owner works too much in the business, he or she will not be working on the business, that is, they will fail to ready the business for future success.

With a team of determined personnel, with a leader setting the direction and steering the company toward the goals set, a new business has a much greater of chance success. Versatility among the personnel is also important, because versatility involves mindset. Startup teams that are ready to change products, adjust plans, market differently, study other industries, or even start from scratch, are the ones that will make it.

We hope you found the information provided in this article helpful to your everyday life and business. Please free to reach out to Sean Callagy or the Callagy Law team at any time for questions you may have concerning personal and business matters. Callagy Law’s headquarters is located conveniently in Paramus, NJ. Beyond the scope of information, Sean Callagy has developed multiple areas of business legal practice and business coaching, if you need help with anything, please reach out to us by calling 201-261-1700 or by emailing us here. Feel free to connect with us on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn! Additionally you can subscribe to our daily videos on YouTube by clicking here.

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Thursday, January 14, 2016

Why Not with Sean Callagy #32 | Welcome to 2016

Why Not?! – Episode 32

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Monday, December 14, 2015

Momentum Monday! | Why Not with Sean Callagy #31

#MomentumMonday | Why Not?!

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Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Law and Entrepreneurship TV - Episode #29 - #‎AskSeanCallagy‬

#PearlHarborRemembranceDay

Callagy Law and Entrepreneurship Library – TV is an original series from Sean Callagy, President and Founder of Callagy Law; to help the general public with every day legal questions and information. For more information about Sean Callagy, Callagy Law, or any questions you have, please email scallagy@callagylaw.com

If you’d like to have your legal questions answered on the show, email Sean: scallagy@callagylaw.com

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In this article / video, Sean Callagy will focus on topics to help people better their legal knowledge of vital information. Clients often come to Sean Callagy’s team with questions about their businesses, ranging from contracts, disputes, and other common legal issues in the business and entrepreneurial world. Our mission is to answer any legal questions and provide information to anyone who may need it. If you have questions about any of the content you see or to have your questions answered on an upcoming show by Sean, please email your questions directly to him by clicking here.

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Why Not with Sean Callagy #29 | Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day | Why Not?!

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Tuesday, December 1, 2015

#TimeMasteryTuesday - Why Not with Sean Callagy #28

#TimeMasteryTuesday | Why Not?!

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Monday, November 30, 2015

Momentum Monday - Why Not with Sean Callagy #27

#MomentumMonday | Why Not?!

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Friday, November 27, 2015

New AND FREE to Share - Why Not with Sean Callagy #26

#FunFriday Why Not?!

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Thursday, November 26, 2015

New AND FREE to Share - Why Not with Sean Callagy #25

#HappyThanksgiving

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Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Law and Entrepreneurship TV - Episode #25, #‎AskSeanCallagy‬

Exponential Growth and the Trajectory of Your Success

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Why Not Have Your Happiest Thanksgiving? | Sean Callagy

Why Not Huddle with Sean Callagy – November 25, 2015 (#WhyWednesday)

Dear Kindred Spirit:

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your loved ones. A few thoughts for this Thanksgiving from my heart.

I am filled with gratitude for all of the support that you’ve given during this first month of Why Not.

I am incredibly thankful for all of our clients for Callagy Law that have entrusted us with helping them through their legal challenges. From our doctors, to our hospitals, surgical centers, other healthcare entities to our business owners and entrepreneurs to our wonderful people that have entrusted us with legal challenges, with all my heart, thank you.

For some of you, I’ve had the privilege of working very closely with you on your life’s goals and daily ongoing challenges, for this level of relationship and trust, I am eternally grateful.

I am also so thankful to all of our team members at Callagy Law. Everyone has contributed in some way to helping our clients, and one another grow and achieve so many successes. For those that truly want to play a huge game, it is only the beginning of the beginning. Thank you to everyone.

To the FAA and GGG worlds, thank you to everyone for an amazing 2015 watching our children grow and succeed beyond our wildest expectations. The future is bright beyond imagination.

To my family, friends and loved ones, thank you for all of your amazing support. 2015 has been one of the most dynamic and exciting years of my life, and maybe, one of the most challenging. My vision has changed to the point where I no longer drive. Watching television, which I don’t do often anyway, has become very challenging. This could easily have been one of the worst years of my life. Instead, because of all the love and support I’ve received, I am in a place of amazing gratitude, peace, joy, excitement and acceleration in my life and my business.

To all of you, in addition to my gratitude, you have my wishes for a Thanksgiving of love, joy, healing, forgiveness, inspiration, truth, justice, victory, triumph, rejuvenation, “living at cause“, “zone action“, attainment, connection, validation, fulfillment, laughter, gratitude, health, power, energy, vitality, exhilaration, passion, and any other positive feeling imaginable.

Have an amazing Thanksgiving!

In Your Service,

Sean Callagy

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Tuesday, November 24, 2015

New AND FREE to Share - Why Not with Sean Callagy #23

#TimeManagementTuesday!

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Law and Entrepreneurship TV - Episode #23, #‎AskSeanCallagy‬

Exponential Growth and the Trajectory of Your Success

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Friday, November 20, 2015

Law and Entrepreneurship TV - Episode #21, #‎AskSeanCallagy‬

Exponential Growth and the Trajectory of Your Success

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Friday, October 23, 2015

Why Not #1, October 22, 2015 | Sean Callagy

Today I launched the “Why Not?” daily huddle, available on YouTube. The purpose of these 3- to 10-minute morning sessions is to reach those who believe there is, or should be, more to life and want more money, more time, or more fulfillment in their lives – which in my experience includes just about everyone! The concept of a daily huddle is one which I have used for several years in my own law firm and because it has proven so effective, I am confident you will find it to be just as valuable, especially if you make it an ongoing habit to tune in.

It’s been said that the way we start anything goes a very long way to determining how we finish. With that in mind, I ask you to consider how most people start their day. Typically, it’s by catching up on the news from the previous night and – even more typically – that news is deflating. Tragedy, conflict, and dysfunction served on a bed of negativity, followed by a few minutes of weather and sports, then topped with a cheery, “Have a great day!” “Ah,” some say, “but that’s what people want to see!” I strongly disagree. I believe that launching your day with joy, hope, passion, encouragement and clarity is an infinitely better way to begin your daily walk.

Make no mistake, this daily huddle is designed to set your day on that better trajectory from the very beginning – one that will serve your needs and desires – and that will result in a better destiny. You may wonder what it is that qualifies me to bring you this huddle and the high expectations I want you to have for it. Briefly, I have studied the art and science of producing optimal results for over 30 years. Beginning in high school to apply what I was learning, I excelled academically and, as captain of Columbia University’s baseball team, athletically before becoming an attorney and certified business coach. Within two years of leaving law school I had defied the advice of naysayers by leaving a position with a prestigious firm to start my own, and already had 40 employees. Today that number has grown to over 100, yet I also coach baseball and lead a very fulfilling, well-balanced life. I have achieved my dreams because of the daily decisions I have made, and those decisions are founded on three beliefs: 1) our destiny is driven by our daily actions, 2) our daily actions are driven by our daily thoughts, and 3) our daily thoughts are based on how we feel each day.

I want to hear from you, and specifically I want to know two things. First, what do you want? Better relationships? More business? Less stress? And second, what is keeping you from having what you want? You may find the second question a bit more difficult to answer, but give it a shot. Then email those answers to me at scallagy@callagylaw.com. The Why Not daily huddle is here to address those answers, just as I address them with clients and associates, some of whom own $30 million dollar businesses yet wrestle with all kinds of challenges and are searching for the answers that will put them back in control of their lives. Every huddle will be different (occasionally we will have guests) but their common denominator will be to provide another useful, positive launch to your day.

This will cost you nothing. You will simply be investing 3- to 10- minutes each morning, five days a week, as often as you can, for one year. Please be generous with your sharing of this opportunity via Facebook and other social media platforms. And last, feel very encouraged to send me not just what you want and what you think is blocking you from having it, but also your suggestions for the huddle, because I truly want to hear them. Let’s get started!

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Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Immigration Law Primer for Businesses

Businesses of all sizes must be aware of the various Federal laws surrounding the employment of immigrants. Failure to do so may result in significant penalties from the government and disruption of your business.

The I-9 Form

No matter who you are hiring, you must have any newly hired employee complete a standard form called the “I-9” form The I-9 form is designed to verify the employment eligibility of employees. Employers are required to review certain forms of identification, such as a passport, driver’s license, or Social Security card, from the new employee and record the information on the appropriate form of identification on the form. This form has to be filled out immediately after the employee is hired.

Some employers will have applicants fill out the I-9 form during the application process to accelerate the hiring process. However, this is not advisable because the I-9 form is designed to be filled in after the employee is hired. Also, if the employee ends up not taking the job for whatever reason, then the employer has collected sensitive personal information unnecessarily which has to be managed.

Interestingly, you do not then file the I-9 with the Federal government, but you must keep it on file either three years after hiring the employee or one year after termination, whichever is later. The Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency may audit the records of a business’ I-9 forms to ensure that the employer is checking the identity of its new employees.

Foreign Labor Certification

Hiring foreign workers can be a complicated process for businesses. An employer must seek what is called a “labor certification” from the U.S. Department of Labor. Once that is obtained, then the employer must petition on behalf of the foreign worker to obtain a visa from Citizenship and Immigration Services (also known as USCIS). The employer is responsible for processing these applications and ensuring that they are done accurately and in compliance with the law.

Employers must ensure that they meet all of the necessary regulations regarding employment law and immigration law. These rules are not simple to navigate so employers must take care to ensure compliance.

Natural Origin Non-Discrimination

Federal law, and laws of many local jurisdictions, prohibit discrimination based on national origin. National origin discrimination occurs when a person is treated negatively because he or she is, or believed to be, from a particular country or geographic region. National origin discrimination can also include discrimination based on an accent or ethnicity. So, an authorized foreign worker cannot be discriminated against based on immigrant status or citizenship. Also, employers cannot create policies that apply to all employees, but have a harmful effect on people of a certain national origin and has no rational business justification. Employers must be “blind” to national origin like other protected categories such as gender and race.

Contact a Knowledgeable Lawyer for Assistance

Treading into the field of Federal and local regulatory law can be confusing for busy business owners. The experienced and dedicated attorneys at Callagy Law are ready to help answer your questions about forming a business or ensuring that your existing business is in compliance with the law. Contact Callagy Law today for legal guidance.

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Monday, August 31, 2015

Starting A Business The Right Way

Starting a Business the Right Way

Starting a business is one of the biggest decisions that many people will ever make, so it is important to make sure it is done right. Ensuring that all the proper paperwork and licenses are in place is important to ensure that there are no distractions or unexpected headaches that will distract you from actually running your business.

Alphabet Soup of Business Names

Businesses are often classified by the way in which they are legally organized under state law. States allow businesses to operate in a variety of legal manners. An old fashioned business model that is the “sole proprietor”. This is historically common, but is going out of fashion as that form tied liability of the company directly to the owner, or the “proprietor”, so many business owners opt now for other business formations to avoid personal liability for business problems.

The other major traditional type of business is a corporation. Corporations are generally required for large entities but smaller businesses also use this form as well.

Additionally, partnerships are a popular traditional business form. In this form, a group of individuals jointly own a business and share equally in the profits and losses of the company. Many partnerships have adopted a limited liability model to avoid personal liability, and are called “LLPs” for short.

A popular business form among smaller businesses is the Limited Liability Company or LLC. This is often called a hybrid of the partnership and corporate model in that the LLC takes some of the more informal management procedures of a partnership and combines them with limited liability nature of the corporate form.

Determining the right type of business form for your business’ needs is a key decision that you need to make when you are forming your business.

Licensing Your Business

Licensing requirements vary significantly from locality to locality depending on your type of business. It is key to obtain the appropriate license from any local tax office or licensing board in order to stay in compliance with legal requirements.

Filing the Right Documents

Each state and locality has its own rules about what businesses have to do to legally operate a business. And those rules vary on the exact location of a business, the type of business (accountants have to follow vastly different rules than ice cream shops!), and the size of the business.

Researching information on your state county, or city government’s website (be it Arizona, New York, or New Jersey), can be a helpful start to put you on the right track. But, the information provided by the state or local government may not answer all of your questions or even lead to additional questions.

Contact a Knowledgeable Law Firm for Guidance

Creating and maintaining a business can be a daunting endeavor. The experienced and dedicated attorneys at Callagy Law are ready to help answer your questions about forming a business or ensuring that your existing business is in compliance with the law. Contact Callagy Law now for legal guidance.

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Thursday, June 25, 2015

Google launches free streaming service ahead of Apple Music debut

By Yasmeen Abutaleb

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google Inc launched a free version of its music streaming service on Tuesday, as it sought to upstage the debut of Apple Inc’s rival service next week.

Google Play Music has offered a $9.99 per month subscription service for two years but Tuesday’s launch is the first free version of the streaming service. It is available online and will be available onAndroid and iOS by the end of the week, Elias Roman, Google product manager, said.

Apple said earlier this month it would launch a music streaming service on June 30 for $9.99 per month along with a $14.99 per month family plan, with a free three-month trial.

As with other streaming services, such as Spotify and Rhapsody, Google Play Music curates playlists. Users can tailor playlists based on genre, artist or even activity, such as hosting a pool party or “having fun at work.”

“We believe this is a play that will expose a lot of people to the service,” Roman said in an interview.

Unlike Google’s subscription music service, the free service will carry ads, be unavailable offline and exclude certain songs.

Roman said millions of people look at Google Play Music each month but are not ready to pay for a subscription. By offering a free version of the service, he said, the search engine hopes more people will be compelled to pay for an upgraded version.

Ted Cohen, managing partner of TAG Strategic, a digital entertainment consultancy, said the timing of Google’s launch was strategic.

“It’s a smart time to do it with all the attention around Apple,” Cohen said. “If they did it absent the Apple service, it wouldn’t be the same story.”

Google declined to say how many subscribers it has but said they more than doubled in 2014 from the previous year. But rivals Pandora, Spotify and Beats Music had far more mobile downloads than Google Play Music in 2014, according to data from analytics firm App Annie.

(Reporting by Yasmeen Abutaleb)

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Friday, May 15, 2015

Success Story: Sergey Brin Founder of Google

As a research project at Stanford University, Brin and Page created a search engine that listed results according to the popularity of the pages, after concluding that the most popular result would often be the most useful. They called the search engine Google after the mathematical term “googol,” which is a 1 followed by 100 zeros, to reflect their mission to organize the immense amount of information available on the Web.

After raising $1 million from family, friends and other investors, the pair launched the company in 1998. Headquartered in the heart of California’s Silicon Valley, Google held its initial public offering in August 2004, making Brin and Page billionaires. Google has since become the world’s most popular search engine, receiving an average of 5.9 billion searches per day in 2013.

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Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Medical Provider, Heal Thyself: Information on the Affordable Care Act

The moral of this biblical proverb is in its advice to attend to one’s own defects rather than criticizing defects in others. Its relevance and practical applications are virtually without limit, for it can even be referenced in any situation or circumstance wherein an entity (whether corporate, individual, or other) bemoans the unfair treatment it feels it is receiving, but where that entity’s inaction or misguided effort enables the perpetuation of such mistreatment despite the availability of assistance that could affect a positive change.

What does this have to do with medical providers and facilities? Plenty.

While the outworking of the Affordable Care Act continues, for better or worse, to define the economic impact to one-sixth of the U.S. economy – an impact which in a free enterprise system is felt on every level of a medical provider‘s ability to thrive and thus continue to offer the highest quality of care – the interposition of healthcare insurers in the doctor/patient relationship remains powerfully influential in determining what that quality of care will ultimately be. Physician practices, like hospitals, are after all “for-profit” entities, and are largely dependent on receiving fair payment for the vital treatments they render. That payment must pass through a for-profit insurer. And therein lies a problem, both potentially and practically, if not inherently.

Even a cursory review of websites devoted to the bad faith payment practices of medical insurers can leave one’s head spinning. The means utilized to achieve their end (which is quite simply, to increase their profits) are often the results of far more time, thought, and investment than the medical arena as a whole seems able to match. Whether by implementing evermore obstructionist appeals processes, defaulting to payment schedules developed within the insurance community itself, or adopting computerized payment systems whose very appeal to the insurer is the cost savings promised by that system’s sales representative, the insurer has come to occupy the coveted high ground on the battlefield of reimbursement to medical providers. Thus, they are winning that battle. What’s a doctor, hospital, or surgery center to do?

First, know that it doesn’t have to be this way. There are very powerful remedies available to the victims of insurer denial and short-pay practices. Next, get connected with a law firm that cares enough to fight hard for the fullest extent of your rights and has done so with consistent effectiveness and with integrity. Be very circumspect in your choice of that advocate, for there are many and their track records are as varied as their cultures and business models. But regardless of whether or you choose to take these steps, consider this: Callagy Law has recovered over $140,000,000 in additional payments for our healthcare clients and medical providers, including over 30,000 settlements and awards in the past five years alone.

This is a huge, and hugely significant, battle. Fighting it alone is like taking on the Red Army with a BB gun. Ultimately, you will get the representation and results that you insist on for yourself. Just know that we are here to help you as well. Contact us, and let the healing begin.

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