Navigate U.S. Startup & Small Business Registration: Legal Essentials

Introductory startup law course: LLC, C-Corp, S-Corp registration, incorporation, and intellectual property protection

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🤔 Looking for a step-by-step guide to navigate the legal essentials of starting and registering a business in the U.S.?

🚀 Ready to launch your startup or small business and make your entrepreneurial dream a reality?

📑 Want to understand the intricacies of business structures, licenses, and permits?

💡 Craving practical strategies to ensure compliance and protect your business from legal pitfalls?

🔍 Eager to uncover the secrets of successfully registering your business and securing your brand?

📈 Dreaming of building a solid legal foundation that supports long-term growth and success?

IF YOU CAN RELATE TO ANY OF THESE, THEN Navigate U.S. Startup COURSE IS FOR YOU

2 hours on-demand video

Learn at your own pace with over 2 hours of pre-recorded video lectures that you can access anytime.

17 downloadable resources

Supplement your learning with a downloadable resource, such as a cheat sheet, workbook, or practice exam.

Access on mobile and TV

Take your studies anywhere with access to the course materials on your mobile devices and even on your TV for a comfortable learning experience.

Full lifetime access

Never lose access to the course content. Enroll once and revisit the lectures and resources whenever you need a refresher.

Certificate of completion

Earn a certificate upon completing the course, a valuable recognition of your accomplishment.

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What you will learn

- Great for beginners!

- Internet privacy and social media use at work

- Determine whether your business should be an LLC, S corp, C corp, or a non profit

- Research a lawyer's disciplinary ethics background

- Understand laws about hiring and firing employees and contractors, and what you can be fired or let go for as an employee

- Business registration

- How to protect intellectual property

- Know how to hire a good lawyer when you need one

- Know the difference between a patent, trademark and a copyright, and be able to determine when each is needed

Course Content

10 sections • 34 lectures • 2h 10m total length

Course and instructor introduction

Law for small business and entrepreneurs course and instructor introduction 02:16

How to decide what business entity is right for you | 06:54

Company formation

Difference between a partnership vs. shareholders vs. members | 03:39

Member agreement vs. partnership agreement vs. shareholder agreement | 01:35

What if a partner or member or shareholder wants to quit? | 02:38

Delaware registration: registering your business in Delaware vs. your own state | 01:10

Different types of business insurance & how to decide if you should buy it | 03:39

How to dissolve a company if you need to close it | 01:15

Business bank account and maintaining other business formalities | 04:43

What is an EIN | 01:04

How to begin the registration process | 04:06

Company formation definitions and recap

Company formation definitions and recap | 02:52

Nonprofits and foundations

What is a nonprofit? | 04:28

How to hire a good lawyer

Different kinds of lawyers you can hire | 02:41

How to find and research lawyers, how much to pay for a lawyer & negotiation | 06:29

DIY (do it yourself options) - how to best use them and are they viable? | 03:08

Protecting intellectual property and your ideas

How to protect business ideas and your company's intellectual property | 04:13

How to protect your business by creating a moat around it | 05:11

For first-time entrepreneurs: More on moats, barriers, being first-to-market | 05:59

Case study of my decision of whether to get a trademark | 06:26

Pros and cons of checking and registering a trademark | 04:11

Patents

Introduction to patents | 05:42

Examples of how big companies use patents | 04:29

Social media use at work and online privacy

Can you get fired from work for posting on social media when you are not at work | 05:28

How much should you realistically restrict your social media activities | 04:37

Internet privacy, NSA and Edward Snowden | 04:57

Additional, miscellaneous topics

What to consider when deciding to hire employees vs. contractors | 03:42

What is a cease and desist letter & what to do if you get one | 03:56

Is it bad or risky to represent yourself in court? | 03:34

How to minimize/decrease the risk of being sued | 05:37

Which law applies | 04:51

What should a typical website terms of service say | 02:15

Conclusion of our business and start-up law course

Course certificate for this business registration course: how to get it | 02:05

Thank you for taking this course on business registration - parting words | 00:30

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Requirements

- This course is for United States law only
- Please have enough English skills because this course has no translations or subtitles

Description

Learn why you need to register your business with the state, how to decide on what business entity to choose (LLC, S corp, C corp or something else), how to protect your intellectual property, basic employment laws, online privacy issues and much more.

You will also learn how to hire a good business lawyer to help you when you will need legal help.As an entrepreneur, at one point or another, you will need to hire a lawyer. You will also have to understand many of the business law basics like issues with business registration, liability protection, entity types, and more. This course will teach you all that and much more!Disclaimer: this course is for US law only.

Understand Intellectual Property Law

We'll go over various ways to protect intellectual property and when to use Trademarks, Patents, or non-disclosure agreements. We'll also cover when Trademarks, Patents, or non-disclosure agreements don't work and when not to use them. So by the end of the course, you will know whether you need a trademark, patent, or a non-disclosure agreement.

Still Wondering If This Business Law Online Course Is Right For You? There Is No Risk To Try

Every Udemy course comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee. So if you don't get what you hoped out of this business law online course, you can get a full refund. But I am sure you will love the course, so go ahead, sign up, and start learning about business law concerning your company, starting today.

Why Do You Need A Business Law Online Course?

Every new entrepreneur should take this business law online course to become familiar with basic business law that they will need to understand when they start their business. This course will explain how to form your company, how to protect your intellectual property, legal issues associated with hiring and firing employees, and much more.

Who this course is for:

- This course is for entrepreneurs and small business owners
- This course is for people who needs to understand business law basics

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Testimonial

Just started course and have had a few questions answered thus far, and I assume there will be more of my questions answered as I go along.

Kathy H.

This course was loaded with great information if thinking about starting your own business. Highly recommended.


Jessica W.

Really good course for being free. Audio/video quality and the course strucutre could use some improvment but relatively minor things. This is a good course for beginners to get a good foundation for business law

Cy B.

I understand the difference from a corporation vs. a LLC vs. and a partnership. Not sure what I would do regarding when I start a company, but at least I know the differences.


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