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Index
Cover
Title Page
Table of Contents
Introduction
About This Book
Foolish Assumptions
Icons Used in This Book
Beyond the Book
Where to Go from Here
Part I: Getting Started with Legal Requirements
Chapter 1: Starting Your Legal Journey: Business Structures and Initial Research
Deciding on Your Trading Structure
Researching Competing Company Names
Chapter 2: Setting up and Running Your Business Structure: Legal Formalities
Setting up for Life as a Sole Trader
Establishing and Managing a Partnership
Forming and Running a Limited Company
Chapter 3: Choosing Your Funding Partner
Deciding What Level of Early Funding You Need
Selecting Your Choice of Finance
Chapter 4: Closing the Funding Agreement
Following Funding Formalities (Not for Fun!)
Tackling Share Investor Agreements: Equity Funding
Arranging Other Forms of Financing Agreements
Finalising the Agreement
Part II: Launching Your Business – Legal Essentials
Chapter 5: Contracting Consultants and Employees
Creating Contractor Agreements
‘Working 9 to 5’: Employing People
Working with Non-Executive Directors
Chapter 6: Dealing with Your Online Responsibilities
Minding Your Ps and Qs in Your Ts and Cs
Presenting an Acceptable Use Policy
Prepping Your Privacy and Cookie Policies
Trading Places Online
Chapter 7: Staying Onside in the Workplace
Digging In: Obtaining Your Business Premises
Coping with Your Workplace Obligations to Employees
Coming and Going: Working with Temporary Workers
Chapter 8: Protecting What You Own: Intellectual Property
Defining and Using Copyright
Demystifying Patents
Marking Out Your Property: Trademarks
Understanding Whether You Have Design Rights
Chapter 9: Acquiring and Using Your Own Software
Imagining Perfection: Software Design and Functionality
Planning and Delivering Your Software
Protecting Your Software
Considering Ownership and Cost Issues
Part III: Growing the Business – The Legal Blueprint
Chapter 10: Cooking Up a Tasty Contract with Your Suppliers
Introducing Product Agreements
Tasting Manufacturing and Wholesaler Contracts: Retailing Products
Chewing Over Distribution Contracts
Tucking into Licensing Contracts
Chapter 11: Contracting with Suppliers for Services
Drinking in Software as a Service Agreements
Gulping Down Affiliate Agreements
Gently Sipping Introducer Agreements
Chapter 12: Creating Legal Contracts with Consumers
Minding Your Step in the Legal Minefield
Making It Stick: Creating Binding Consumer Contracts
Drawing the Sting: Dealing with Complaints
Chapter 13: Saying Bonjour, Ciao, Hola, Ni Hao to Trading Abroad
Reviewing International Trading Structures
Examining Expert Exporting
Looking at the Local Legal Terrain
Trading Abroad with … Scotland
Part IV: Staying in Business – Legal Pitfalls
Chapter 14: Managing Your Legal Risks
Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due
Inoculating Yourself with Insurance
Chapter 15: Winning Disputes (When You Can’t Avoid Them)
Handling Claims Relating to Contracts
Paying Attention to Negligence Claims
Alleging Defamation
Making Claims in Court
Choosing Alternative Dispute Resolutions
Chapter 16: Coping with Liquidation and Insolvency
Understanding the Law in Relation to Insolvency
Readying Yourself for Receivership
Lining Up a Liquidation
Relying on Rescue Procedures
Activating Administration
Prioritising Creditors
Banking against Bankruptcy
Part V: Exiting Successfully – Legal Secrets
Chapter 17: Lifting-Off to Further Business Goals
Jumping High with Joint Ventures
Aiming High by Acquiring New Investment
Stepping Up through Acquisition
Reaching for the Sky: Listing on AIM
Chapter 18: Cashing In: Selling Your Business
Dealing Successfully with a Buyer
Thinking Through Taxing Issues
Selling Your Business’s Assets
Part VI: The Part of Tens
Chapter 19: Top Ten Legal Bear Pits to Avoid
Deciding Not to Bother with Lawyers or Contracts
Forgetting to Sign Your Contracts
Failing to Read Your Contracts
Omitting to Monitor Your Contracts
Being Remiss about Protecting Your Intellectual Property
Letting Your Understanding of Employment Legislation Slide
Ignoring Legal Problems
Getting on the Wrong Side of HMRC
Neglecting to Complete Your Corporate Documentation
Wasting Time on Fighting Disputes
Chapter 20: Ten Documents You Need to Get Signed
Avoiding Future Problems with Shareholder/Partnership Agreements
Protecting Yourself with Contractor Agreements
Sorting out Employee Agreements
Staying Alive with IP Documentation
Keeping Schtum with Confidentiality Agreements
Considering Online Ts and Cs
Ensuring You Have Supplier Agreements
Looking after Service Agreements
Adventuring Safely Overseas
Insuring Your Business against Horrifying Events
Chapter 21: Shush! Ten Secrets of Negotiation
Bringing the Right Attitude
Preparing Is Everything
Understanding Your Aces
Managing the Climate
Asking Why People Need What They Say They Want
Finding Your Coinage
Bidding Like You Mean It
Cracking Deadlocks
Applying the Appropriate Behaviour
Closing the Deal
Chapter 22: Ten Ways You Can Expect Your Lawyer to Behave
Receiving a Quote Upfront
Getting a Fixed Price
Achieving an Affordable Price
Charging Only for Work Done for You
Explaining Things in Plain English
Doing Things Quickly
Producing Documents of a Practical Length
Producing Documents that Reflect Your Business
Sending You Their Terms
Having an Effective Complaints Procedure
About the Author
Cheat Sheet
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End User License Agreement
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