Customer Reviews:
Beginner's Luck.......2007-04-10
As a relatively new "beader", this book ranks among my favorite. Clear text and excellent photography provide clear guidance for numerous projects.
The best in my collection of "how-to" books and a great value.
Don't be fooled by my "title", as this also offers more complex beading ideas with step-by-step directions.
pretty pictures, but not very useful.......1998-01-17
The full-color pictures of beads are very inspirational to us bead designers, but this book was short on good illustrations and details. Various knots and findings are mentioned, but never explained. Only the very basic, simple techniques are covered, and not in depth.
Book Description
From opening day to tax day, this is the all-in-one book your customers need!
Small business owners are regularly confronted by a bewildering array of legal questions and problems. Ignoring them can lead to disaster -- but with lawyers typically charging $150-$250 an hour, calling one to answer routine legal questions can be a fast track to the poorhouse.
Fortunately, you have a better alternative. Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business clearly explains the practical and legal information you need to:
• raise start-up money • choose between a sole proprietorship, partnership or LLC • get licenses and permits • buy or sell a business or franchise • negotiate a favorable lease • insure your business • hire independent contractors safely • understand small business tax rules • pick and protect a good name • resolve legal disputes • adopt the best customer policies • enter into strong contracts • cope with financial problems
The 9th edition provides the latest in law, business and taxes. It features all-new information on buying LLCs and franchises, plus expanded information on complying with ADA requirements and dealing with customers via the Internet.
Customer Reviews:
Informative Book !.......2006-10-28
This book guided me through the many legal concepts and procedures that affect starting a small business... easy-to-follow answers to many of my legal questions ...check out the title companion LEGAL FORMS FOR STARTING AND RUNNING A SMALL BUSINESS, has a CD-Rom with tons of forms !!
Book Description
The legal documents you need on any given day!
Like most small business owners, you probably can't afford to hire a lawyer to draft the legal documents you need in the course of your day-to-day business.
Now there's an affordable solution -- Legal Forms for Starting & Running a Small Business, which provides you with over 60 legal forms and documents and all the step-by-step instructions you need to use them.
This collection of essential legal and business documents helps you:
create contracts to buy, sell, rent or store goods hire employees and consultants protect your trade secrets create noncompete agreements prepare an LLC operating agreement borrow and lend money buy a business lease commercial space prepare corporate bylaws record minutes of meetings buy real estate and much more
The 4th edition is updated with the latest legal documents, contracts and other forms. Includes all the information and instructions you need to complete and use your forms effectively.
List of Forms
Amending Contracts Attachment to Contract Amendment to Contract
Forming Your Business Checklist for Starting a Small Business Partnership Agreement Pre-Incorporation Agreement Corporate Bylaws Stock Agreement LLC Operating Agreement for Single-Member LLC
Running Your Corporation Notice of Shareholders' Meeting Notice of Directors' Meeting Shareholder Proxy Minutes of Shareholders' Meeting Minutes of Directors' Meeting Minutes of Telephone Conference Directors' Meeting Consent of Shareholders Consent of Directors
Borrowing Money Promissory Note (Amortized Monthly Payments) Promissory Note (Balloon Payment) Promissory Note (Interest-Only Payments) Promissory Note (Lump Sum Payment) Security Agreement for Borrowing Money
Buying or Selling a Business Contract for Purchase of Assets From an Unincorported Business Contract for Purchase of Assets From a Corporation Corporate Resolution Authorizing Sale of Assets Contract for Purchase of Corporate Stock Bill of Sale for Business Assets Seller's Affidavit: No Creditors Security Agreement for Buying Business Assets
Leasing Space Gross Lease Net Lease for Entire Building Net Lease for Part of Building Sublease Landlord's Consent to Sublease Assignment of Lease Notice of Exercise of Lease Option Extension of Lease Amendment to Lease Attachment to Lease
Purchasing and Improving Real Estate Contract to Purchase Building Option to Purchase Building Contract to Purchase Vacant Land Option to Purchase Vacant Land Attachment to Real Estate Purchase Contract Amendment to Real Estate Purchase Contract Removal of Contingency Extension of Time to Remove Contingencies Exercise of Option to Purchase Real Estate
Buying, Selling, Manufacturing, Renting, and Storing Goods Sales Contract (Lump-Sum Payment) Sales Contract (Installment Payments) Bill of Sale for Goods Security Agreement for Buying Goods Contract for Manufacture of Goods Equipment Rental Contract Storage Contract Consignment Contract
Hiring Employees and Independent Contractors Employment Application Authorization to Release Information Offer of Employment Confidentiality Agreement Covenant Not to Compete Contract With Independent Contractor
IRS and Government Forms IRS Form SS-4: Application for Employer Identification Number IRS Form W-4: Employee's Withholding Allowance Certificate IRS Form 2553: Election by a Small Business Corporation IRS Form 940-EZ USCIS Form I-9: Employment Eligibility Verification
The following forms are on the CD-ROM, but not included in the book: Disputes Resolution Clause Names Formats Signature Formats
Download Description
"Like most small business owners, you probably can't afford to hire a lawyer to draft the legal documents you need in the course of your day-to-day business. Now there's an affordable solution -- Legal Forms for Starting & Running a Small Business. This book with CD-ROM provides you with over 60 legal forms and documents and all the step-by-step instructions you need to use them. The forms include: 7 employment forms and contracts 5 forms to start your business 8 corporate meetings forms 4 promissory notes 3 security agreements 10 commercial lease forms 10 forms to purchase and improve real estate 8 forms to buy, sell and store goods and much more All forms available on CD-ROM. "
Customer Reviews:
Much needed info inside.......2007-08-23
This book really helped us with all the forms that we needed to provide to the federal govt. & accountant.
great companion to Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business.......2006-10-28
After I got Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business I found about this Legal Forms title...made my day..This book is loaded with FORMS !
An easy-to-use "must-have" for small business owners and managers everywhere.......2006-03-03
Now in a newly updated and expanded third edition, Legal Forms For Starting & Running A Small Business is a comprehensive resource packed with forms for getting a business off the ground, borrowing money, hiring employees, creating contracts, buying or leasing space, and much more. Legal Forms For Starting & Running A Small Business balances its wealth of reproducible documents with straightforward "how-to" instructions and advice, a new checklist to help first-timers, and an accompanying Windows and Mac compatible CD-ROM makes printing out the forms a breeze. An easy-to-use "must-have" for small business owners and managers everywhere. Also very strongly recommended are Nolo's two companion titles in their simply outstanding business instructional guide series: The Small Business Start-Up Kit: 3rd Edition (1413300405, $24.99) and Home Business Tax Deductions: Keep What You Earn: 2nd Edition Updated for 2006 (1413303749, $34.99).
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"Like most small business owners, you probably can't afford to hire a lawyer to draft the legal documents you need in the course of your day-to-day business. Now there's an affordable solution -- Legal Forms for Starting & Running a Small Business, which provides you with over 60 legal forms and documents and all the step-by-step instructions you need to use them. This collection of essential legal and business documents helps you: create contracts to buy, sell, rent or store goods hire employees and independent contractors protect your trade secrets create noncompete agreements borrow and lend money buy a business lease commercial space prepare corporate bylaws record minutes of meetings buy real estate and much more The 3rd edition is completely updated with the latest legal documents, contracts and other forms, and includes a new checklist to help you through the start-up process. List of Forms Forming Your Business Checklist for Starting a Small Business Partnership Agreement Pre-Incorporation Agreement Corporate Bylaws Stock Agreement LLC Operating Agreement for Single-Member LLC Running Your Corporation Notice of Shareholders' Meeting Notice of Directors' Meeting Shareholder Proxy Minutes of Shareholders' Meeting Minutes of Directors' Meeting Minutes of Telephone Conference Meeting Consent of Shareholders Consent of Directors Borrowing Money Promissory Note (Amortized Monthly Payments) Promissory Note (Balloon Payment) Promissory Note (Interest-Only Payments) Promissory Note (Lump-Sum Payment) Security Agreement for Borrowing Money Buying or Selling a Business Contract for Purchase of Business Assets From an Unincorporated Business Contract for Purchase of Business Assets From a Corporation Corporate Resolution Authorizing Sale of Assets Contract for Purchase of Corporate Stock Bill of Sale for Business Assets Seller's Affidavit: No Creditors Security Agreement for Buying Business Assets Leasing Space Gross Lease Net Lease for Entire Building Net Lease for Part of Building Sublease Landlord's Consent to Sublease Assignment of Lease Notice of Exercise of Lease Option Extension of Lease Amendment to Lease Attachment to Lease Purchasing and Improving Real Estate Contract to Purchase Building Option to Purchase Building Contract to Purchase Vacant Land Option to Purchase Vacant Land Attachment to Real Estate Purchase Contract From opening day to tax day, this is the all-in-one book you need! Small business owners are regularly confronted by a bewildering array of legal questions and problems. Ignoring them can lead to disaster -- but with lawyers typically charging $150-$250 an hour, calling one to answer routine legal questions can be a fast track to the poorhouse. Fortunately, you have a better alternative. Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business clearly explains the practical and legal information you need to: -raise start-up money -choose between a sole proprietorship, partnership or LLC -get licenses and permits -buy or sell a business or franchise -negotiate a favorable lease -insure your business -hire independent contractors safely -understand small business tax rules -pick and protect a good name -resolve legal disputes -adopt the best customer policies -enter into strong contracts -cope with financial problems The 8th edition is completely updated and revised to provide the latest regulations, tax numbers and business realities. It also provides expanded information on preparing a business plan, a summary of the new overtime pay rules, changes to home business tax rules -- and much more. "
Customer Reviews:
A very useful book to read.......2006-07-03
I found this book very useful with lots of very valueable info. The authors have done a good job here.
I think that everyone interested in starting their own business should read it.
I'd also like to suggest that you read Untapped Wealth Discovered by Jeff N Marquis and Kerry J Harrison.
This book gives a fresh new approach to starting different types of small businesses and shows you how to avoid those false promises and get rich quick schemes.
Both editions are very insightful.
Saves Lawyer Time .......2005-06-02
One of the largest consumers of attorney time is educating his client on the legas aspects of whatever the client wants to do. And this is time that is in the two to three dollar minute category. What I find that this book does is enable the small businessman to save attorney time.
If you want to start a business, learn about LLC's (Limited Liability Corporations), and S-Corporations (Corporations formed under subchpter S of the IRS code) and others before you go see the lawyer. When you get to the lawyer, say I want you to form a "whatever you want" type corporation, it's name should be "whatever you've picked," the directors are "A, B, and C." And have this written down. If you tell the lawyer these same points, he will have to write them down at dollars per minute.
What this book does, is give you the background to save an awful lot of attorney time. Think of the cost of the book as being eight or ten minutes of attorney time.
One thing that I'd emphasize a bit stronger than was brought out in the book is find and register a web domain name and make it the business name. The book tells you about checking on domain names, I'd just suggest that you combine this with the business name.
One more thing, he suggests you go to www.networksolutions.com to check on domain names. That's fine. But for registering the name, Network Solutions charges $35 a year. www.GoDaddy.com will also let you check on name availability at no charge and then only charges $8.95 a year for the registration.
Product Description
Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business clearly explains the practical and legal information you need to know. The all-in-one guide to your business concerns including business structures, hiring and firing, licenses and permits, taxes, borrowing money, and commercial leases.
Amazon.com
While it cannot eliminate all need for a flesh-and-blood lawyer, attorney Fred Steingold's Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business, Volume 1 does the next best thing by offering a clear and concise path around many of the legal pitfalls encountered regularly by today's entrepreneur. And in this newly updated third edition, Steingold's suggestions on basic matters such as fundraising, licensing, agreements, and insurance are enhanced by pertinent details on recent employment- and tax-law changes.
Customer Reviews:
Worth the money.......2005-09-17
This set me straight on a few things while setting up my business. It is well written and easy to understand. I would recommend this to any 1st time business owner starting out.
Great book!.......2005-01-07
Full of the information you expect based upon the title of the book. The information is detailed so you have the guidance you sought.
This book is like an encyclopedia of small business. I'll definitely be returning to this book throughout the years.
Just what the doctor ordered!.......2004-05-19
Nolo's Legal Guide to Starting and Running a Small Business was exactly what I needed to help start my company off on the right foot. I don't have a very strong legal backround and would have been way over my head if I'd tried to forge ahead totally alone but at the same time I didn't want to spend a fortune consulting a lawyer. If you're in a similar situation then Nolo's Legal Guide is the perfect solution. It is well written, well organized, thorough, and very easy to use. It's a great general start-up kit that would be helpful to any fledgling business that I can think of. If I had had to call a lawyer to answer every legal question that arose in the first couple of months (a huge number) then my company may easily have never gotten off the ground. I was so pleased with this product that I have since purchased two more Nolo books (Tax Savvy for Small Business and The Employer's Legal Handbook) that are more directed at business owners who have gotten through the initial start-up phase. Both of these books are also excellent and I would recommend them as follow ups to the Legal Guide to Starting and Running a Small Business.
Complete Legal guide for STARTING a business........2003-08-11
There are several books in the market on how to incorporate your company based on the state. Even though there is an advantage to these books as you get state specific information for filing paperwork to incorporate, usually there isn't any other information in these books that you can use.
This Nolo guide on the other hand stays kind of generic in the sense that they don't spend too much time in how to fill out the incorporation forms and where to file. Instead, they give good information on every subject you would need to research when starting a small business.
The book starts off by explaining the different legal forms of corporate entities you can choose for your business and details each of these forms in the next three chapters. After this, there are more than 20 chapters devoted to almost any kind of situation you may encounter. For example - there is a chapter on Resolving Legal Disputes, a chapter on Small Business Contracts, a chapter on Home Based Business, etc. Some of the topics I had no prior knowledge of and gained tremendously from - Retail Pricing and Return Practices, Zoning Laws, Deducting Expenses for Business Use of Your Home, Workers' Compensation, Thirteen Common Sources of Money, and Strong and Weak Trademarks.
This is a good book to read when you are STARTING your own business. After that, you will probably need to research more into the topics that are relevant to your situation. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many different legal guides that small businesses can use (from Nolo). Obviously, as your particular situation becomes more unique you need to refer to the specific books that have an advanced treatment of that topic. And finally, it is always better to seek a lawyer's help after being aware of the basics of the Law.
As usual, Nolo does a fantastic job of covering a broad range of topics in a very detailed fashion without losing the reader's attention. There are a lot of examples to explain the various topics and everything is in plain English. I especially like the references to the IRS forms and publications you need in various circumstances. When you go to the IRS website, it isn't clear which form is relevant to you. It's neat that Nolo makes sure to reference the right form when they are discussing a particular subject.
I hope your small business succeeds and that you find this book helpful in getting things started. Be sure to check out the other Nolo books when you are past the initial stages and definitely build a good working relationship with a trustworthy lawyer for times of need. Good luck!
Amazon.com
Attorney Fred S. Steingold's Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business: Volume 2, Legal Forms, is a comprehensive self-help manual in the useful tradition of its predecessors from Nolo Press. In support of the cardinal rule for all corporate agreements--get it in writing--the book and an accompanying PC disk contain contract blanks for forming and operating a business, borrowing money, leasing space, buying and selling goods, hiring employees, and more. Helpful tips, valuable cautions, worthwhile suggestions, and references for additional information are also sprinkled throughout the book as appropriate.
Book Description
Like most small business owners, you probably can't afford to hire a lawyer to draft the legal documents you need in the course of your day-to-day business.
Now there's an affordable solution -- Legal Forms for Starting & Running a Small Business. This book with CD-ROM provides you with over 60 legal forms and documents and all the step-by-step instructions you need to use them.
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Title: Legal Guide for Starting and Running a Small Business, 2 vols. (book reviews)
Author: Richard J., Jr. Hunter
Publication:
Mid-Atlantic Journal of Business (Refereed)
Date: December 1, 1997
Publisher: Stillman School of Business
Volume: v33
Issue: n3
Page: p259(1)
Article Type: Book Review
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