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Grant Cardone, founder of Whatever It Takes Network, provides insight into four key aspects of launching a successful business in 2015.

Twitter co-founder and Jelly CEO Biz Stone explains how becoming a benefit corporation changes the definition of value for shareholders.

Ryan Blair ViSalus CEO shares lessons that he learned on his journey from a troubled teenager to immensely successful entrepreneur.

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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a company’s voluntary initiative to integrate responsibility for its environmental and societal impact into its business model.

An LLC can be managed by its members (member-managed) or by managers who are selected by the members (manager-managed). By default an LLC is member-managed, but the operating agreement can provide otherwise.

Absent an operating agreement adopted by its members, the LLC is governed by the default provisions provided in the law of its formation state. Not only can these provisions conflict with the members' desires, they can change which exposes the LLC to rules never envisioned when it was formed.