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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
- Choosing the right business structure
- What entrepreneurs should know about S-Corps
- Where to incorporate? Kansas, Missouri, Colorado, or Delaware
- How to split equity among cofounders
- What an LLC operating agreement should say
- Three documents you need to open a business bank account
- When "limited liability" may not protect you
- 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
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Legal knowledge to minimize your risk and maximize your chances of success.
LLCs v. Corporations
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