Legal guide for starting & running a small business /
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Author / Creator: | Steingold, Fred S. 1936- |
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Edition: | 11th ed. |
Imprint: | Berkeley, Calif. : Nolo, c2009. |
Description: | 458 p. : forms ; 28 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7903407 |
Table of Contents:
- Which legal form is best for your business?
- Structuring a partnership agreement
- Creating a corporation
- Creating a limited liability company
- Preparing for ownership changes with a buyout agreement
- Naming your business and products
- Licenses and permits
- Tax basics for the small business
- Raising money for your business
- Buying a business
- Franchises : how not to get burned
- Insuring your business
- Negotiating a favorable lease
- Home-based business
- Employees and independent contractors
- The importance of excellent customer relations
- Legal requirements for dealing with customers
- Cash, credit cards, and checks
- Extending credit and getting paid
- Put it in writing : small business contracts
- The financially troubled business
- Resolving legal disputes
- Representing yourself in small claims court
- Lawyers and legal research.