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Even without a shareholders' agreement, the law already protects the minority shareholder: blocking minority, management expertise, information rights, derivative action, abuse of majority. The statutory base explained by our firm.
A Business Model Canvas is useless if it stays qualitative. Here is how to fill the 9 blocks, then turn them into numbers: financial forecast, break-even, cash flow.
Rent, purchases, professional fees, formation costs incurred before registration: how the company takes them over and what it can actually deduct for accounting, tax and VAT purposes.
Preparing your project while still employed, securing your exit (business creation leave, resignation-reconversion, mutual termination), activating France Travail support and choosing your structure: the complete journey from employee to founder in 2026.
After a court-ordered liquidation, the right to rebound introduced by the PACTE law often allows you to start again without delay. What clears the debt, what blocks a fresh start (management ban, personal bankruptcy), Banque de France registration and the steps to follow.
Legal form, capital, shareholders' agreement, BSPCE, JEI status, R&D tax credits: the decisions that bind your startup from day one, analysed by our firm.
Beyond gut feeling, a real market study: methodology, reliable data sources and pitfalls to avoid so you can size your market and validate your concept before launching.
The number-backed signals to leave the micro-business regime in 2026 (thresholds, VAT, real costs) and the method to switch to a SASU or EURL without disrupting your activity.
A structured, free method to scope your market: TAM SAM SOM sizing, competition, personas, field survey and pricing, using reliable French public data sources.
Building a smart financing mix at launch: personal contribution, love money, honour loan, bank loan, crowdfunding. The leverage of each block and the order to mobilise them, by your chartered accountant.
When and how to switch from the French micro-enterprise to a SASU in 2026: thresholds, VAT, taxation, the cost of the move and the salary-dividend trade-off, with the figures.
Love money is often the first funding a project ever receives. Poorly framed, it damages relationships and creates tax risks. Here is how to structure money from your circle: loan, gift or equity, with the right contract, declaration and thresholds.
The concrete path of the future freelancer: validate viability, choose the right status, set a day rate that holds up, register the activity and handle your first invoices and contributions without surprises.
Where to find a genuinely complementary co-founder, how to test them before granting equity and what deal aligns ambition with risk. Vesting, equity split, BSPCE: the legal and tax framework to secure from day one, seen by a startup accountant.
Do you really need a chartered accountant when you start your business? What they actually add at launch (legal form, financial forecast, funding, first tax choices) and how to put a figure on the return, with a clear trade-off based on your project.
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