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The all-in-one business law book Whether you're just starting a small business, or your business is already up and running, legal questions come up on an almost daily basis. Ignoring them can threaten your enterprise--but hiring a lawyer to help with routine issues can devastate the bottom line. The Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business has helped more than a quarter million entrepreneurs and business owners master the basics, including how to: raise start-up money decide between an LLC or other business structure save on business taxes get licenses and permits choose the right insurance negotiate contracts and leases avoid problems if you're buying a franchise hire and manage employees and independent contractors attract and keep customers (and get paid on time), and limit your liability and protect your personal assets. Whether you're a sole proprietor or an LLC or corporation, a one-person business operating out of your home, or a larger company with staff, this book will help you start and run a successful business.

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An unusually helpful approach to the start-up process covers a lot of basics, from negotiating a lease to representing yourself in small claims court. Inc. Magazine Get a basic understanding of small business legal issues... [with] this excellent resource... The Wall Street Journal Pick up a copy of Nolo's Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business.... Seattle Post-Intelligencer Balances its wealth of reproducible documents with straightforward 'how-to' instructions and advice... The Bookwatch ...exceptionally valuable, with forms and contracts written in straightforward language. American Reference Books Annual Provides instructions for completing the contracts required when forming a corporation, borrowing money, buying a business, leasing an office, hiring employees and selling goods. Reference & Research Book News Whether just starting a small business, or already engaged with a business is already up and running, legal questions crop up on an almost daily basis. Ignoring them can threaten any enterprise -- but hiring a lawyer to help with routine issues can devastate the bottom line. Now in a fully updated and expanded 15th edition, & The Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business by Attorney Fred S. Steingold (who practices law in Ann Arbor, Michigan and is an expert on small business law, representing and advising many small businesses) includes how to: raise start-up money, decide between an LLC or other business structure, save on business taxes, get licenses and permits, choose the right insurance, negotiate contracts and leases, avoid problems if you're buying a franchise, hire and manage employees and independent contractors, attract and keep customers (and get paid on time), and limit personal liability while protecting personal assets. Including the latest legal information and tax rules for small businesses, The Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business is an ideal and practical reference for the sole proprietorship, or an LLC or corporation, or a one-person business operating out of their home, or a company with a large staff leasing space. Thoroughly user friendly in organization and presentation, and very highly recommended for company, community, and academic library Business Management collections, & The Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business is the next best thing to having a personal attorney on retainer. Midwest Book Review, James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief

An unusually helpful approach to the start-up process covers a lot of basics, from negotiating a lease to representing yourself in small claims court. Inc. Magazine Get a basic understanding of small business legal issues... [with] this excellent resource...The Wall Street Journal Pick up a copy of Nolo's Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business.... Seattle Post-Intelligencer Balances its wealth of reproducible documents with straightforward 'how-to' instructions and advice... The Bookwatch ...exceptionally valuable, with forms and contracts written in straightforward language. American Reference Books Annual Provides instructions for completing the contracts required when forming a corporation, borrowing money, buying a business, leasing an office, hiring employees and selling goods. Reference & Research Book News Whether just starting a small business, or already engaged with a business is already up and running, legal questions crop up on an almost daily basis. Ignoring them can threaten any enterprise -- but hiring a lawyer to help with routine issues can devastate the bottom line. Now in a fully updated and expanded 15th edition, & The Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business by Attorney Fred S. Steingold (who practices law in Ann Arbor, Michigan and is an expert on small business law, representing and advising many small businesses) includes how to: raise start-up money, decide between an LLC or other business structure, save on business taxes, get licenses and permits, choose the right insurance, negotiate contracts and leases, avoid problems if you're buying a franchise, hire and manage employees and independent contractors, attract and keep customers (and get paid on time), and limit personal liability while protecting personal assets. Including the latest legal information and tax rules for small businesses, The Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business is an ideal and practical reference for the sole proprietorship, or an LLC or corporation, or a one-person business operating out of their home, or a company with a large staff leasing space. Thoroughly user friendly in organization and presentation, and very highly recommended for company, community, and academic library Business Management collections, & The Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business is the next best thing to having a personal attorney on retainer. Midwest Book Review, James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief

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Stephen Fishman has dedicated his career as an attorney and author to writing useful, authoritative, and recognized guides on business, taxation, and intellectual property matters for small businesses, entrepreneurs, independent contractors, and freelancers. He is the author of 20 books and hundreds of articles, and has been quoted in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, and many other publications. Among his books are Every Landlord's Tax Deduction Guide, Deduct It! Lower Your Small Business Taxes, and Working for Yourself: Law & Taxes for Independent Contractors, Freelancers & Gig Workers of All Types, published by Nolo. He is a two-time recipient of the Independent Book Publishers Association's Benjamin Franklin Award.

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