The entrepreneurial law clinic handbook2013

This text is an e-book that mirrors the transactional needs of individuals initially seeking legal advice concerning the formation and start-up of a business or a business transaction. It is suitable for working with microbusinesses, social entrepreneurs, nonprofit groups, and for-profit businesses seeking angel investors or venture capital. Its chapters blend substance and skills training, featuring links to a multitude of outside resources and exemplars such as charters, articles of organization; operating agreements; shareholders agreements, contracts, licensing agreements, and the like. Substantively, coverage begins with choice of business entity, and then moves to address the use, analysis, and drafting of transactional documents typically used in the conduct of business. This is followed by chapters covering applied intellectual property law and protection of intellectual property. Coverage concludes with a focus on methods of financing the business entity, covering both deb