📖 Running a Side Business (Richard Stim & Lisa Guerin)

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Attorney Richard Stim

Lisa Guerin, J.D.

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Easy read, with lots of great references (even if some are a bit dated)
Covers everything from ideas, finding funding, getting insurance, stuff to include in your contracts, how to negotiate, how to protect your assets, and more
- Key info I want to refer back to is below
Never heard of Nolo before – seems like they offer products (books, free e-learns, templates) along with services (find lawyers)

Maintain sense of urgency in collecting past due payments; can insist on partial payment now
Can offer one-time deep discount (time-limited); will need legal doc for mutual release & settlement to terminate the debt

Business Interruption Coverage (to replace income lost in case of closing, rebuilding, or relocating)
- Can also have “extended period of indemnity” to keep payments coming even after re-opening
Can get group Insurance rates
- National Association for the Self-Employed
Insurance Information Institute
Small Business Administration - Insurance
Small Business Administration - Risk Management
Insure.com - Small business liability tool

Include Attorney Fees provision In any dispute arising under or related to this agreement, the prevailing party shall have the right to collect from the other party its reasonable costs and attorney fees.
Include Termination provision to have late payment be a material breach
Include Entire agreement provision to make the agreement final and any modification / new understandings must be made in writing
Include Force majeure provision to be allowed leeway in cases of being unable to perform due to some major external event
Can include Waiver provision so deviations from the agreement can not set precedent
Can include Severability provision to let a court sever parts of the agreement while keeping intact the rest
Can include Audit provision to have non-CPA accountant examine other party’s books

I got most of the time-based ones wrong 😔

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They must be used to dealing with low-quality vendors …	`I'm expecting more for this work.`
There’s absolutely no hope for this deal.	`Can we work on that?`

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