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Business Blueprint: Choosing the Right Entity for Success

In this session, attendees will explore how to choose the business entity that best fits their unique goals and needs. It will also cover the key tax and legal implications of operating as a sole proprietor, partnership, corporation, or limited liability company (LLC). Participants will gain a clear understanding of strategies to minimize personal liability for business debts and obligations.

Additionally, attendees will learn effective ways to use an LLC or corporation to protect personal assets, including strategies to prevent creditors from “piercing the corporate veil” and holding business owners personally liable.

Guest Speaker: Gary Foltz

For more information, please email training@iesmallbusiness.org.

Date

Jul 16 2025

Time

10:00 am - 12:00 pm

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Location

Carnegie Cultural Center
123 D Street, Upland CA 91786-4708
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Business Blueprint: Choosing the Right Entity for Success

Mike Daniel is the network director of the Orange County Inland Empire SBDC Network, which assists aspiring entrepreneurs and current business owners throughout Orange, San Bernardino and Riverside counties. Mike was formerly the director of the SBDC office at Long Beach City College. As business owner and entrepreneur himself, he started his career as the owner of a Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory location in Manhattan Beach and went on to open a second location in Long Beach in 2001. In 2007, Mike sold the Manhattan Beach store for an above-market offer then invested in several additional locations as a minority shareholder. Mike further expanded his candy empire with venture located in Shoreline Village in Long Beach called Sugar Daddies Sweet Shoppe, based on fill-it yourself candy options.

Mike has a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from California State University, Fullerton.