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This book did what it set out to do
This got us started on the road to our new biz, but what it lacked was real help filling out the State forms.Nolo has another book that does just that (and I recommend it if you are really looking for help with forms).If you are still in the decision making process as to which type of business you want to have (e.g. partnership, LLC, corporation types) and what it takes to run an LLC, this is one to keep on your shelf.My favorite part of this book, Nolo's Quick LLC, is a great chart delineating the differences between different types of businesses.

Great LLC Premer
This book and the accompaning book entitled "Form your LLC" are the best books that I have read on the subject. I was able to put an LLC together, run it by my attorney, and using the info for filing, set up my own LLC.Especially good are the suggestions for finding an attorney and tax man that will help you stay out of trouble.I recommend these books to anyone looking to set up an LLC.The publisher, NOLO PRESS, does a good job on all sorts of legal self help books.

Nolo's Quick LLC
Left a lot of questions unanswered.Gave reference to find more detail answers to questions about LLCs. Was hoping book would be an answer to all you ever wanted to know about LLC, but it wasn't.While it was helpful, I still had to get answers to some critical questions.I finally hired a lawyer that speciallizes in LLCs, Corporation, and Real Estate. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business/Economics    3. Corporate    4. Industries - General    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Limited partnership    7. Private companies    8. Small Business - General    9. Small Business Management    10. Structure Of Industrial Organizations    11. United States   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Corporate    3. Corporate Governance    4. Corporation law    5. Law    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Problems, exercises, etc    8. United States    9. Business law    10. Company law    11. Corporate finance    12. USA   

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One of the Best and Most Enjoyable Business Book I've read.
Not a fan of the business book since I've found many of them so boring. I got this book based on the recommendation on BusinessWeek (I'm a fan of this magazine) and am not disappointed. It's well-written, easy to understand. The writer seems to have all the details nailed down and have a very entertain-able writing style. Almost like reading a very good novel except that this is true, which is very rare when it comes to business book. You will finish it in no time. Unputdownable.

Rise and Fall
My two cents-
The Ballad of Enron
While there was a great amount of greed that contributed to Enron's downward spiral (illegal investment vehicles, ridiculous executive salaries and corporate perk largesse), what makes this different from the cornball `big bad greedy company causes its own downfall' tagline, though, is the book's thesis that business machismo caused Enron's collapse. Note the Enron culture of landing big deals, particularly in new industries and tertiary markets where Enron could be viewed as a trailblazer. Enron loved landing front-page news of its deals; what it failed to do was to see them through and ensure they financially contributed to the company's well-being.As well, during the Jeff Skilling era, there was a constant and unhealthy fixation with Enron's stock price. Enron's corporate performance was directly pegged to the stock price; Enron executives begged, borrowed, and stole to ensure rosy financial statements and a love-in with Wall Street bankers and analysts. Never mind that Enron was bogged down with loser, capital-draining businesses (Broadband, Enron International) that were causing liquidity problems even years before Enron declared bankruptcy. As long as Enron was making deals and the stock price was high, everything was sunny.
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Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography    2. Biography/Autobiography    3. Business    4. Business / Economics / Finance    5. Business failures    6. Case studies    7. Corporate    8. Corporate & Business History - General    9. Corrupt practices    10. Energy industries    11. Enron Corp    12. History    13. Investments & Securities - General    14. United States    15. Business & Economics / Economic History   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Business & Economics    3. Business/Economics    4. Corporate    5. Corporation law    6. Directors of corporations    7. Legal Reference / Law Profession    8. Legal status, laws, etc    9. Legal status, laws, etc.    10. Management - General    11. United States    12. Business & Economics / Management   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business/Economics    3. Corporate    4. Incorporation    5. Industries - General    6. Law and legislation    7. Legal Reference / Law Profession    8. Non-Profit Organizations Management    9. Nonprofit Organizations & Charities    10. Nonprofit organizations    11. Popular works    12. Reference    13. United States   

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A superb collection of forms for an established business
This book contains a great deal of ready to use forms for your corporate records on many aspects of business operations but be careful if you are looking for information on minutes of first meeting. The book says not to worry if you don't have organizational minutes; however, such important resolutions as corporate seal or principal office are missing.
Great coverage of exactly what it says it's going to cover.
Many other books on corporate forms try to cover everything (from selection of entity type to formation, filings, taxes, legalities, etc.) which means they usually just cover these topics in a shallow and frustrating way.
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Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business records    3. Business/Economics    4. Corporate    5. Corporate meetings    6. Corporation law    7. Corporations    8. Industries - General    9. Law and legislation    10. Legal Reference / Law Profession    11. Popular works    12. United States   

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good reference
This is a great book to own if you have or are thinking of starting an LLC. I've used many of the forms. The layout of the book is well-organized. Forms are easy to find on the CD. The tips in the book are very useful. I reference this book often. Highly recommended.

Good Resource Guide
This book provided me with the essential information an LLC owner needs to avoid trouble with the IRS and the courts. This book contains a lot of practicle information, useful forms and many real life examples. It covers meeting minutes preparation, record keeping and the updated Federal 2003 Tax Act. This is a must book for any LLC owner!

Can't imagine many people need this book.
Generally I have to say I was a little disappointed with this book. To be fair it lives up to its claims that it will basically help you run LLC meetings and provides forms for most basic LLC functions EXCEPT creating one.It provides no business advice and no tax advice to help with serious beginning operation issues. I was hoping for a book that would offer advice and successful strategies for managing money in the LLC and discuss tax strategies and so on. Advice, that would help me operate an LLC with the legal documents to back up the advice. That is not what this book contains.Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business/Economics    3. Corporate    4. Industries - General    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Popular works    7. Private companies    8. Structure Of Industrial Organizations    9. United States   

Subjects:  1. Accounting - Managerial    2. Business & Economics    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business/Economics    5. Consolidation and merger of corporations    6. Corporate    7. Corporate Mergers And Acquisitions    8. International Finance    9. International business enterprises    10. Law and legislation    11. Taxation    12. Business & Economics / Accounting / Management    13. Finance & Accounting   

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One of the best in the series!
I'm a law student and a big Nutshell fan. This is definitely one of the best Nutshells in the series. It's clear, it's organized, and it covers a broad array of issues in corporate governance and operation. I think it would make a better text than the bulky casebooks we're forced to carry around. It's a must-have for law students, aspiring corporate lawyers, and anyone needing a quick reference on general corporate law.

Good aid for study!
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Subjects:  1. Corporate    2. Law    3. Legal Reference / Law Profession   

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Highly recommended for anyone confronted with the title question
Attorney and business-law expert Anthony Mancuso presents LLC or Corporation? How to Choose the Right Form For Your Business, an in-depth guide to making the right choice when one's company has grown to the point where its legal structure needs to be upgraded to something that will protect one's assets and provide tax benefits. The question of "corporation or limited liability company?" isn't clear-cut, but since it will directly affect the legal and tax status of one's business, it is a crucial question indeed. LLC or Corporation? covers all aspects of this decision, including concerns of doing business out-of-state, money issues and personal liability concerns, converting a partnership or a sole proprietorship to another entity, converting an LLC to another entity, converting, dissolving or selling a corporation, and much more. Highly recommended for anyone confronted with the title question - it is much better to get all the facts and make an informed decision now than expend an excess of time and effort cleaning up after a mistaken choice later.
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Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business/Economics    3. Corporate    4. Entrepreneurship    5. Industries - General    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Popular works    8. Private companies    9. Small Business - General    10. Structure Of Industrial Organizations    11. United States   

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7 Steps to Incorporate
I looked at several books and found this one by Nolo to be COMPLETE, SUPERB, EASY TO FOLLOW.It explains benefits of incorporating then lead you through very clear step-by-step instructions.CD provides samples, save you from typing and there's explicit instructions fro each state.I incorporated in MA successfully using this guide.The author(attorney) has written many related books in similar clear step-by-step fashion.Thank you so much.I couldn't have had the guts to incorporate without this book and it turned out to be so easy.
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Subjects:  1. Business    2. Business & Economics    3. Business/Economics    4. Corporate    5. Corporation law    6. Corporations    7. Entrepreneurship    8. Incorporation    9. Legal Reference / Law Profession    10. Popular works    11. Small Business - General    12. United States   

Subjects:  1. Business & Financial    2. Consolidation and merger of co    3. Consolidation and merger of corporations    4. Consumer Guides    5. Corporate    6. Law    7. Law and legislation    8. Legal Reference / Law Profession    9. Mergers & Acquisitions    10. Tender offers (Securities)    11. United States    12. Business law    13. Consumer guides & advice   

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Sarbanes-Oxley and the New Internal Auditing Rules
This book provides a comprehensive overall view on Sarbanes Oxley and other evolving internal audit standards and practices. Moeller has taken an extended view on the roles of internal auditor to include that of quality auditors for ASQ and ISO.
Disappointing!
Despite Mr. Moeller's "brand-name appeal", I must confess I found this book disappointing. The title promises too much perhaps; how can mere 300 pages cover the matter for a practitioner? Written in an informal style, it paints on a broad canvas -- the kind of material that would do well for an after dinner-talk for auditors, but most definitely lacks depth and specificity. It could be useful for students or business managers, but is unlikely to help a professional auditor much.
Comprehensive and clear
This book is essential reading for anyone involved in internal audits per Sarbanes-Oxley, including auditing professionals and senior management whose business or technical domains are affected (i.e., all senior managers). Read more

Subjects:  1. Auditing    2. Auditing - General    3. Auditing, Internal    4. Business & Economics    5. Business/Economics    6. Corporate    7. Law and legislation    8. Legal Reference / Law Profession    9. Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002    10. Taxation    11. United States    12. United States.    13. Business & Economics / Auditing    14. Management accounting   

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Newer edition available
A newer edition of this book is available.The 5th ed. is ISBN 0735556660.Published 04/13/2006.

Great study aid!
A agree with the previous comment, this book does have a strong MBCA focus but it does frequently reference Delaware law as well as occasionally some other states. This is an excellent study aid, I used to prepare for my corporations exam, but I wish I had been more diligent about reading it throughout the year as we were studying various subjects, no doubt my class would have made much more sense. Corporations has thus far been the most difficult law school course I"ve taken (partly due to my prof.) and this book was a life-saver. My only advice is not to wait to the last minute. Yes this book is a great summary of the course, but it's still very dense and nearly 700 pages long. It will take a good while to go through if you're really reading, outlining and trying to learn the material. I spent nearly all day for three full days just getting through this book. It was well worth the effort, but if I had to do it all over again, I would have kept up with the book during the course or started prepping a few weeks prior.

Solid Book, but with MBCA Focus
I write mainly to note that the book focuses almost exclusively on the Model Business Corporation Act, with only occasional references to Deleware or other state law.If your course has a similar focus, then this is a solid book that progresses well and lets you test you knowledge along the way.But if your class, like mine, focuses mainly on Deleware law, this book will prove significantly less useful.The book will often state something generic like, Some states allow X and others do not. But it rarely specifies which states have adopted which approach. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Financial    2. Corporate    3. Corporation law    4. Law    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Problems, exercises, etc    7. United States   

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Wal-Mart's Power is excessive
This book is an excellent analysis of just how powerful Wal-Mart is in our economy.It's power makes it a political entity to reckon with also.This book is easy to read and well-documented.The cases cited give an insight as to how too much power can corrupt and make you oblivious to the plight of the consumer.

Practices What He Preaches
So, the author doesn't like Walmart selling decent merchandise at decent prices? I could tell that before I read this book. The 20 dollar price tag for a 160-page paperback book gave it away.

Author Writes Glorified Union Pamphlet
Al Norman, who is the "shill of the anti-Wal-Mart union movement," has just written yet another jealous screed against the retailer, since a few years ago he discovered he could make money by doing so.
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Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Business enterprises    3. Corporate    4. Corporate Governance    5. Corporation law    6. Handbooks, manuals, etc    7. Law    8. Law and legislation    9. Legal Reference / Law Profession    10. Legal assistants    11. Paralegals & Paralegalism    12. United States   

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Okay but lacking.
This book had a lot of helpful facts about LLCs, but no guidance really in forming one, or whether you should form an LLC or corporation. The state-by-state appendix of laws and contact information hadn't been updated since 1997. The sample operating agreement was not on the disk, so you couldn't tailor it and use it for your company.

Could be better
The book was decent, although a bit generic - no particular insights provided. The discussion of the terms of an LLC Operating Agreement could be a lot more detailed.

A highly recommended resource for the novice entrepreneur
Now in a completely updated third edition, How To Form And Operate A Limited Liability Company: A Do-It-Yourself Guide by Gregory C. Damman is a straightforward, "user friendly" instructional guide for taking full advantage of the benefits of a limited liability company (LLC), which protects company partners from personal responsibility for the company's debts and obligations. Introductory basics are accessibly presented concerning what types of companies can become an LLC; the advantages and disadvantages of forming an LLC; converting a business into an LLC; tax considerations, and much, much more are all knowledgeably presented in a meticulous and highly accessible manner. An accompanying CD-ROM of forms and samples enhances this highly recommended basic resource for the novice entrepreneur. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Business & Economics    3. Business & Economics / New Business Enterprises    4. Business / Economics / Finance    5. Business/Economics    6. Corporate    7. General    8. Small Business - Legal Guides    9. Business    10. Limited partnership    11. New Business Enterprises    12. Private companies   

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Corporate Taxaxtion - Lind
The book is great for case law.However, in order to grasp major concepts, you will need many supplements.There is a case brief book out on the market, which is keyed to the Lind book.Additionally, West publishes an accompanying book that serves as an outline and summarizes general concepts. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cases    2. Corporate    3. Corporations    4. Income tax    5. Law    6. Law and legislation    7. Taxation    8. United States   

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Comprehensive, but unbelievably out of date.
This book simplifies corporations law and gives concrete examples and good summaries. A Valuable Study Guide
I cannot imagine getting through my exam study for corporations without this guide.It gives a very clear explanation of the topics that were covered in class.It is very helpful to people only taking corporations because of the bar exam rather than a specific interest in practicing in this area.One caveat - unlike some other outlines, this text does not specifically brief any cases, so it is still essential to keep up with the text and attend class.

A must own for law students taking a corporations law class!
This gouge explains corporation formation in a format that is easy to understand.This is especially helpful to law students who have never had a business course prior to law school.I found the author's coverage ofthe duties of coporate officers and those of shareholders to bestraightforward and easy to understand.Additionally, the coverage ofcurrent case law in the area of the Business Judgment Rule, along with examtips and "test your knowledge" questions were extremely helpful.(class taken in 1998) ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Corporate    3. Corporate Governance    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Business & Economics    3. Business Law    4. Business enterprises    5. Business/Economics    6. Corporate    7. Corporation law    8. General    9. Handbooks, manuals, etc    10. Law and legislation    11. Legal Profession    12. Legal Reference / Law Profession    13. Legal assistants    14. United States    15. Business & Economics / General    16. USA