Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business
Amazon: “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.”
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