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A solid legal foundation for your business is one of the best ways to minimize risk and maximize your chances of success. Luckily, most of the “basic” information is relatively easy. You just have to get your feet wet.
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The Lawyer's Guide to Entrepreneurship
HELPFUL GUIDES
Starting a Business
- How to Choose the Right Business Structure
- What entrepreneurs should know about S-Corps
- Choosing the Best State to Incorporate: Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, or Delaware?
- What is a Registered Agent and Why You Need One
- How to split equity among cofounders
- What an LLC operating agreement should say
- Three documents you need to open a business bank account
- Protecting Your Limited Liability: A Guide for Entrepreneurs
- How to find an insurance broker
- How to find an accountant
- How to find an attorney
Intellectual Property
- An Overview: Intellectual Property 101
- How to write intellectual property contract provisions
- Copyright 101
- Who owns your copyright?
- Trademarks 101
- What entrepreneurs should know about trademark applications
- How to calculate your trademark application fees
- Trade Secrets 101
- What entrepreneurs should know about non-disclosure agreements
- Patents 101
Contracts
- Contracts 101: What is a contract?
- Five simple rules to write better contracts
- The right way to use MSAs and SOWs
- The right way to sign a contract
- How to use e-signatures
- How to properly identify the parties in a contract
- How to write intellectual property contract provisions
- What entrepreneurs should know about "boilerplate" provisions
- How to review a contract
- How to negotiate a contract
Free Guide: The Lawyer's Guide to Entrepreneurship
Maximize your success with the right legal foundation.
LLCs v. Corporations
Finances & Taxes
How to Hire
Intellectual Property
Contracts
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