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0793102065

Bankruptcy Investing: How to Profit from Distressed Companies

In this book, two financial experts show you how to invest in troubled companies and make big returns. While risky, this professor and bankruptcy specialist show you how you can reap substantial rewards. Like buying out-of-season goods, bargains are available to those who are willing to invest some time and money. You'll learn how to take advantage of investment opportunities in troubled companies and make intelligent investment decisions without losing your shirt. In a straightforward and jargon-free style, the authors explain what to look for and what to avoid, when to act and when to wait and where to get all the information you need and how to use it. You don't need to be a legal expert to profit from bankruptcy investing, and you don't need to be rich to venture into a new investment arena. Let Bankruptcy Investing help you expand your investment horizons and discover new excitement and profit.

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047159735X

Business Plan Guide for Independent Consultants

A superlative start-up and operating guide designed specifically for the needs and concerns of independent consultants. Defining products and services, market research and sales strategies, income projections, administrative plans and projects are among the topics discussed. Features a complete sample business plan for comparison and contrast.

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1563430711

Business Plans to Game Plans: A Practical System for Turning Strategies into Action

In today's turbulent business world; the hardest part of managing a company is implementing plans and projections you've made to bankers, investors, employees-and yourself. This book gives you detailed tools for accomplishing professional and corporate goals. It shows you how to develop and communicate an integrated vision and how to empower people so they can make it real. Finally, it offers a variety of methods by which you can monitor your company's progress. An essential read for any entrepreneur or manager, this book includes more than 50 worksheets and exercizes for making practical business decisions, including key indicator reports, year-at-a-glance income statement, budget notebook, inventory control report, new product development checklist, sales by product and marketing method chart.

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0471120294

Consulting on the Side: How to Start a Part-Time Consulting Business While Still Working at Your Full-Time Job

Consulting on the Side is for the professional who longs for independence but can't simply walk away from a steady paycheck and company health benefits. Successful consultant and business author Mary F. Cook shows you how to build a thriving consulting practice gradually, without leaving your full-time job. Drawing upon her own experiences and those of others who established successful consulting practices on the side, she covers all the bases and offers sound, practical advice on everything from logistics to finances, ethics to personal issues.

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9781413306569

Corporate Records Handbook: Meetings, Minutes Book & Resolutions (with CD-ROM)

In this book, you will find all the forms you need to keep your corporation valid in the eyes of the IRS and courts. If you've taken the time to turn your business into a corporation, chances are you'd like to see it stay that way. Your business card may say "incorporated," but if the courts and the IRS think differently, it's closing time. Because meeting minutes are the primary paper trail of a corporation's legal life, it's important to know when and how to prepare these minutes. The Corporate Records Handbook provides all the forms (plus instructions) you need, including: Call of Meeting; Meeting Participant List; Notice of Meeting; Certification of Mailing; Acknowledgment of Receipt of Notice of Meeting; Shareholder Proxy; Meeting Summary Sheet; Minutes of Annual Shareholders' Meeting; Minutes of Special Shareholders' Meeting; Minutes of Annual Directors' Meeting; Minutes of Special Directors' Meeting; Waiver of Notice of Meeting; Approval of Corporate Minutes By Directors of Shareholders; Cover Letter for Approval of Minutes of Paper Meeting; and Written Consent to Action Without Meeting. The Corporate Records Handbook also gives you more than 75 additional resolutions -- both as tear-outs and on CD-ROM -- to insert into your minutes. So take a few minutes and read this book -- your corporation deserves it!

Our Price $69.95

0471157503

Entrepreneur Magazine: Bringing Your Product to Market

In this book, you'll learn what every inventor and entrepreneur needs to know about manufacturing techniques, product design, distribution channels, patents, licensing, and cash flow. You'll also discover how to handle some very tricky issues that are crucial to your success, including knowing when your product is market ready, creating a step-by-step product-to-market strategy, adjusting your strategy to changing market conditions, finding financial help from investors, manufacturers, and distributors, and having manufacturers pay development costs prior to licensing.

Our Price $19.95

1555713424

Essential Corporation Handbook

Updated to contain information on Limited Liability Companies. Takes the mysteries out of corporate formalities and shows owners what they must do and what they may do with their corporations. A comprehensive reference book of the types of small business corporations appropriate anywhere in the U.S. It explains the legal requirements for maintaining a corporation in good standing. Features sample corporate documents, which are annotated by the author to show what the reader should look for. Tells how to avoid personal liability as an officer, director, or shareholder.

Our Price $21.95

9781413308631

Form a Partnership: The Complete Legal Guide

Many people dream of going into business with friends. The Partnership Book shows how to turn that dream into a sound partnership agreement. It thoroughly explains what is involved in forming a partnership and shows step-by-step how to write a partnership agreement. It covers how to handle all key issues from each partner's initial contributions to profit sharing and buy-outs. Readers can take advantage of the standard partnership clauses provided or create their own customized agreement. All the forms for creating a partnership agreement are provided both on disk and as tear-outs.

Our Price $39.95

9781413310542

Form Your Own Limited Liability Company

Every day, more and more people are discovering the advantages of the limited liability company, the newest way of doing business. Forming a limited liability company lets business owners get the best of two worlds -- the informality and tax benefits of a partnership and the personal protection from business debts offered by a corporation. Furthermore, the latest IRS rules give long-awaited approval to one-person LLCs, letting sole proprietorships enjoy LLC legal protection, too. This book provides the step-by-step instructions and forms necessary to set up a limited liability company in any state without the expense of hiring an attorney. The second edition has been thoroughly revised to reflect IRS tax classifications rules for limited liability companies, which let LLC owners decide how they want to be taxed on business profits. It includes state-specific laws and information for all 50 states.

Our Price $44.95

0873379950

How to Form a California Professional Corporation

Doctors, lawyers, accountants and members of certain other professions must fulfill special requirements when forming a corporation in California. This book provides: -- full instructions and all the forms necessary to incorporate a new or existing professional practice -- the rules and regulations regarding each profession -- comprehensive tax, retirement plan and corporate law information. Includes CD.

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1572480831

How to Form a Limited Liability Company

Everything you need to start the newest form of doing business. Limited liability companies combine the protection of a corporation with the tax benefits of a partnership. Includes forms and instructions for forming an LLC in all 50 states, with state-by-state law summaries.

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9781413310269

How to Form NonProfit Corporation (National Edition)

The definitive guide for arts groups, educators, social service agencies, environmentalists and anyone who wants to start a nonprofit organization, this book shows step by step how to form and operate a tax-exempt corporation in all 50 states. It includes complete instructions for obtaining federal 501 (c)(3) tax exemption and for qualifying for public charity status with the IRS. The fourth edition has been revised to include the most up-to-date tax and legal information, and it includes all the forms for Articles, Bylaws and Minutes, both as tear-outs and on CD-ROM.

Our Price $49.95

9781413309324

How to Form Your Own California Corporation (paperback with CD-ROM)

Ready to form a corporation in California? Incorporate with the book that's helped thousands of Californians!As a business owner, you'll want to make sure every available penny goes into your business. So why spend big dollars on attorney fees when you can incorporate your own small business? How to Form Your Own California Corporation makes incorporating a straightforward task for any small business owner. You'll learn how to file articles of incorporation, set up a corporate records book, prepare bylaws, issue shares of stock and more!Start enjoying the benefits of incorporation right away, such as: * limited personal liability * tax advantages * access to capital * employee perksHow to Form Your Own California Corporation contains all the forms, instructions, tax rules, practical information and step-by-step instructions you need to incorporate a California business, both as tear-outs and on CD-ROM.Completely updated and revised to provide current regulations, tax requirements, contact information for relevant agencies, helpful resources and forms.

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9781413309270

How to Form Your Own California Corporation with Corporate Records Binder (and CD-ROM)

Form a corporation in California with this easy-to-use binder!In How to Form Your Own California Corporation, Attorney Anthony Mancuso provides you with step-by-step instructions, comprehensive practical information and all the forms you need (as tear-outs and on CD-ROM) to form your own California corporation.Use this helpful kit to take advantage of the benefits incorporation offers your business, including: * limited liability * tax advantages * S corporation tax status * financial advantagesWith this comprehensive corporate binder, you can keep all the necessary corporate documents and records together in one place, for easy reference at any time during the life of your corporation.The binder includes: * step-by-step instructions for forming your own California corporation * complete information on electing S corporation tax status * index dividers to organize your documents and records * 10 stock certificates, plus share register & transfer ledger * all incorporation forms on CD-ROM, including articles, bylaws, minutes, stock disclosure agreements and ongoing minutes formsThis edition is completely updated and revised to provide the latest legal and tax information and forms, along with up-to-date resources.

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1572481331

How to Form Your Own Corporation

Protect yourself from personal liability by incorporating your business. Contains a summary of the laws and forms with instructions for forming a corporation in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Saves entrepreneurs precious capital.

Our Price $24.95