"Work for Hire" laws very depending on where you are, and where the company you are contracting is from. Get proper legal advice, but you don't have to be tota

"Work for Hire" laws very depending on where you are, and where the company you are contracting is from. Get proper legal advice, but you don't have to be totally open with them, just state that you have other projects. You don't need to tell them if they are for other clients or personal, and you don't need to tell them that you may start a company. They should be fine with this unless they are making you an employee. Some states like Wisconsin make it hard for companies to hire 1099 contractors and, so when I worked for Manpower, I was required to become an employee even though I was contracting for them, because I was billing hourly and I was my only employee.