Book description
Millions of Americans own their own businesses, and millions more dream
of doing the same. But starting your own business is a pretty
complicated matter, especially with all the legal issues and paperwork.
This updated edition of the top-selling small business resource is
chock-full of information, resources, and helpful hints on making the
transition from a great idea to a great business.
If you've got a great idea for your own business, you need the kind
of straightforward advice you'll find here - the kind of advice you'd
normally only get from business schools and MBA courses. Small
Business Kit For Dummies, Second Edition covers all the basics on:
- Recent tax law changes
- Balancing your finances
- Hiring and keeping employees
- Effective management strategies
- Accounting fundamentals
In addition to the basics of business, you'll also find top-class
advice on more advanced business basics, like business plans, the ins
and outs of contracts, and using the Internet to expand your business.
For entrepreneurs large and small, this comprehensive resource offers
authoritative guidance on all your biggest business concerns, and
offers unbeatable advice on such topics as:
- Choosing your business structure - from LLCs to S corps
- How to develop and write a standard business proposal
- Going public, issuing stock, and keeping a stock ledger
- Raising capital and understanding securities laws
- Bookkeeping standard practices
- Tax basics for small businesses
- Handling the paperwork for new hires
- Designing employee compensation plans
- Working with independent contractors and consultants
- Patent and copyright protections
- Dealing with the Press
In addition, the book includes a CD-ROM full of helpful resources -
forms, contracts, and even sample versions of the most popular
software for small businesses. With Small Business Kit For
Dummies you'll find all the tools you need to get your small
business up and running - and keep it running for years and years to
come.
Richard D. Harroch is an attorney with over 20
years of experience in representing start-up and emerging companies,
entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists. He is listed in Who's Who
in American Law and is a corporate partner in a major law firm
in San Francisco. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of U. C. Berkeley
and graduated from UCLA Law School, where he was managing editor of
the Law Review. He has edited or co-authored a number of
legal/business books, including Start-Up and Emerging Companies:
Planning, Financing and Operating the Successful Business and
Partnership and Joint Venture Agreements.
Richard was
the chairman and co-founder of AllBusiness. com, one of the premier
Web sites for small businesses. He was also the founder, CEO, and
chairman of LawCommerce, Inc., an Internet company dedicated to
providing products and sources to the legal profession.
He has
lectured extensively before various legal and business organizations,
including the American Electronics Association, the Venture Capital
Institute, the California Continuing Education of the Bar, Law Journal
Seminars-Press, the California State Bar Business Section, the
Corporate Counsel Institute, the San Francisco Bar, and the Practicing
Law Institute (PLI).
Richard has served as the chairman of the
California State Bar Committee on Partnerships, the co-chairman of the
Corporations Committee of the San Francisco Bar (Barristers), a member
of the Executive Committee of the Business Law Section of the
California State Bar, and co-chair of the Law Journal seminar
in New York on “Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances.”
Richard
has experience in the following areas: start-up and emerging
companies, corporate financings, joint ventures, strategic alliances,
venture capital financings, employment agreements, IPOs, leases,
loans, online and Internet matters, license agreements, partnerships,
preferred stock, confidentiality agreements, stock options, sales
contracts, securities laws, and mergers and acquisitions.
