Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Part I: Getting Started with Legal Requirements 5
Chapter 1: Starting Your Legal Journey: Business Structures and Initial Research 7
Chapter 2: Setting up and Running Your Business Structure: Legal Formalities 23
Chapter 3: Choosing Your Funding Partner 43
Chapter 4: Closing the Funding Agreement 59
Part II: Launching Your Business – Legal Essentials 81
Chapter 5: Contracting Consultants and Employees 83
Chapter 6: Dealing with Your Online Responsibilities 107
Chapter 7: Staying Onside in the Workplace 123
Chapter 8: Protecting What You Own: Intellectual Property 147
Chapter 9: Acquiring and Using Your Own Software 173
Part III: Growing the Business – The Legal Blueprint 191
Chapter 10: Cooking Up a Tasty Contract with Your Suppliers 193
Chapter 11: Contracting with Suppliers for Services 213
Chapter 12: Creating Legal Contracts with Consumers 227
Chapter 13: Saying Bonjour, Ciao, Hola, Ni Hao to Trading Abroad 245
Part IV: Staying in Business – Legal Pitfalls 263
Chapter 14: Managing Your Legal Risks 265
Chapter 15: Winning Disputes (When You Can’t Avoid Them) 279
Chapter 16: Coping with Liquidation and Insolvency 299
Part V: Exiting Successfully – Legal Secrets 323
Chapter 17: Lifting‐Off to Further Business Goals 325
Chapter 18: Cashing In: Selling Your Business 341
Part VI: The Part of Tens 359
Chapter 19: Top Ten Legal Bear Pits to Avoid 361
Chapter 20: Ten Documents You Need to Get Signed 367
Chapter 21: Shush! Ten Secrets of Negotiation 375
Chapter 22: Ten Ways You Can Expect Your Lawyer to Behave 385
Index 395