Visually engaging, enticing and current examples with an overall focus on business. Business Law continues to be the most engaging text for readers by featuring a visually appealing format with enticing and current examples while maintaining its focus on business. Readers will learn business law, ethics, and the legal environment in a way that will encourage them to ask questions and go beyond basic memorization. Read more
Decide whether to form an LLC or a corporation -- the most important business decision you'll make.
Your company has grown -- now it's time to upgrade your legal structure to something that will protect you and your assets, as well as provide other benefits. In other words, your business is ready to become either a corporation or a limited liability company.
The question is, "Which one?" The answer isn't always clear -- but because your choice will affect the legal and tax status of your business, it's the most important question you'll need to answer.
LLC or Corporation? will help you make the right choice with plain-English explanations of:
For over twenty-five years, Author Mary Greenwood has been resolving disputes in her professional career as an Attorney, Mediator, Human Resources Director, Union Negotiator, and Labor Arbitrator. Her book How to Negotiate Like a Pro, Which has won six book awards, was based on her experience as a Union Negotiator. The sequel How to Mediate Like a Pro is based on her experience as a Mediator in over 7000 cases.
Greenwood noticed that there were certain Rules or characteristics of The cases that settled that were not present in the cases that did not settle. Among those Rules you will find the following:
LIKE CARRYING AROUND YOUR OWN BUSINESS LAWYER,
BUT WITHOUT ALL THE TALKING AND BILLS.
Birth to Buyout gives you a straightforward, easy-to-grasp understanding of the business law questions and answers you need to run your business and prosper. Packed with refreshingly candid information, Birth to Buyout tackles business law topics in terms you can understand.
Organized to guide you through all stages of your business - from Birth to Buyout - you learn:
SET UP A COMPANY
* The difference between Corporations, S-Corporations and Limited Liability Companies
* How to pick the right entity for you
* Where you should set up your company
* How to pick a company name
* What to take to the bank when you set up your company bank account
* What to put in your business plan
YOU AND YOUR PARTNERS
* The big conversation you and your partners need to have at the beginning of your venture
* Picking officers, officer titles and salaries
* How to make sure you can get out when you want
* How to kick out another owner
* Setting up your Board of Directors
* Dangers of serving on the Board
* How to be a great Board member
GETTING FUNDED
* The difference between debt and equity
* What investors expect from you
* The parts of an investment deal
* How to divide control between founders and investors
* Securities laws
* Sources of debt financing
* Parts of a loan
* Building business credit
INTERNET CONTRACTS
* What you need to put in your website privacy policy and Terms of Use
* Avoiding liability from user generated content
* Kids information under COPPA
OFFICE LEASE
* Negotiating the rent
* Difference among net leases, double net and triple net leases
EMPLOYEES & INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS
* What goes in an employment contract
* Noncompetes
* Union contracts and collective bargaining
* Nondiscrimination laws
* Screening candidates, including immigration forms
* How to follow rules about minimum wage and overtime and payroll
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
* Trademark
* Copyright
* Patent
* How to get the rights through licensing or buying the IP
MANUFACTURING
* How to plan your whole manufacturing and fulfillment process
* How to get a prototype made
* How to discover the regulations you have to know about and follow
* How to hire a manufacturer
SALES AND MARKETING
* How to get your product sold
* Distribution channel options
* Advertising and promotions
* How to comply with advertising laws
* What goes into your contract with distributors or sales agents
* CanSpam and telemarketing rules
GETTING PROTECTION AGAINST LIABILITY
* Contracts
* Insurance and Bonds
* Vigilant Due Diligence
GETTING RICH
* Valuing a business
* Valuing stock
* Process of selling your company
* Term Sheets
* Representations and Warranties
* Closing
* Post closing
* Tips to make for a peaceful sale
AND, THERE'S A STORY - MEET HAP, HAZARD AND A LAWYER NAMED GRAVITY.
Birth to Buyout is not just a business law almanac. Birth to Buyout spins forward on the story of two cubicle workers who make a run for entrepreneurship just as big corporate culture is closing in, all with the help of their corporate lawyer (if you just want the law, you can skip the story pages).
Birth to Buyout was written to be an easy-to-follow guide to business law. That's why:
* All explanations are in plain English
* Charts and diagrams are used to make the law clear
* The book celebrates American entrepreneurship and how it can truly set you freeLIKE CARRYING AROUND YOUR OWN BUSINESS LAWYER,
BUT WITHOUT ALL THE TALKING AND BILLS.
Birth to Buyout gives you a straightforward, easy-to-grasp understanding of the business law questions and answers you need to run your business and prosper. Packed with refreshingly candid information, Birth to Buyout tackles business law topics in terms you can understand.
Organized to guide you through all stages of your business - from Birth to Buyout - you learn:
SET UP A COMPANY
* The difference between Corporations, S-Corporations and Limited Liability Companies
* How to pick the right entity for you
* Where you should set up your company
* How to pick a company name
* What to take to the bank when you set up your company bank account
* What to put in your business plan
YOU AND YOUR PARTNERS
* The big conversation you and your partners need to have at the beginning of your venture
* Picking officers, officer titles and salaries
* How to make sure you can get out when you want
* How to kick out another owner
* Setting up your Board of Directors
* Dangers of serving on the Board
* How to be a great Board member
GETTING FUNDED
* The difference between debt and equity
* What investors expect from you
* The parts of an investment deal
* How to divide control between founders and investors
* Securities laws
* Sources of debt financing
* Parts of a loan
* Building business credit
INTERNET CONTRACTS
* What you need to put in your website privacy policy and Terms of Use
* Avoiding liability from user generated content
* Kids information under COPPA
OFFICE LEASE
* Negotiating the rent
* Difference among net leases, double net and triple net leases
EMPLOYEES & INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS
* What goes in an employment contract
* Noncompetes
* Union contracts and collective bargaining
* Nondiscrimination laws
* Screening candidates, including immigration forms
* How to follow rules about minimum wage and overtime and payroll
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
* Trademark
* Copyright
* Patent
* How to get the rights through licensing or buying the IP
MANUFACTURING
* How to plan your whole manufacturing and fulfillment process
* How to get a prototype made
* How to discover the regulations you have to know about and follow
* How to hire a manufacturer
SALES AND MARKETING
* How to get your product sold
* Distribution channel options
* Advertising and promotions
* How to comply with advertising laws
* What goes into your contract with distributors or sales agents
* CanSpam and telemarketing rules
GETTING PROTECTION AGAINST LIABILITY
* Contracts
* Insurance and Bonds
* Vigilant Due Diligence
GETTING RICH
* Valuing a business
* Valuing stock
* Process of selling your company
* Term Sheets
* Representations and Warranties
* Closing
* Post closing
* Tips to make for a peaceful sale
AND, THERE'S A STORY - MEET HAP, HAZARD AND A LAWYER NAMED GRAVITY.
Birth to Buyout is not just a business law almanac. Birth to Buyout spins forward on the story of two cubicle workers who make a run for entrepreneurship just as big corporate culture is closing in, all with the help of their corporate lawyer (if you just want the law, you can skip the story pages).
Birth to Buyout was written to be an easy-to-follow guide to business law. That's why:
* All explanations are in plain English
* Charts and diagrams are used to make the law clear
* The book celebrates American entrepreneurship and how it can truly set you free Read more
