AllBusiness.com has just released a comprehensive e-book on starting and growing a business, titled The Badass Startup: How to Start, Finance & Grow a Successful Business. This book offers expert advice on all the important business, legal, and financing issues you will encounter when starting your own company.
The book’s authors are a number of the startup experts from AllBusiness.com, one of the leading websites for entrepreneurs and growing businesses. AllBusiness.com has over one million pages of articles, expert advice, glossaries, forms, “how-to’s,” slideshows, videos, special reports, and more. AllBusiness.com articles have been featured in Forbes, Fortune, Yahoo, BusinessWeek, the Washington Post, Fox Business, MSN, and many other sites.
The book is organized into the following main chapters:
Chapter 1: Starting a Business
Chapter 2: Financing the Startup
Chapter 3: HR Issues for Startups
Chapter 4: Sales and Marketing for Startups
Chapter 5: Legal Issues for Startups
Chapter 6: Inspiration for Entrepreneurs and Startups
The book also has an appendix with a number of useful forms, agreements and checklists, as follows:
- Small Business Legal Audit Checklist
- Checklist for Formation of a Corporation
- Checklist of Different Types of Insurance Available for a Small Business
- Stock Ledger & Capitalization Summary
- Offer Letter to Prospective Employee
- Employment Application for Prospective Employee
- Contract Checklist
- Offer to Lease Office Space
- Sample Press Release—New Product
- Confidentiality Agreement with Third Party
- Checklist for Choosing a Domain Name
- Investor Pitch Deck for a Startup
And there are subchapters that are particularly helpful, including:
- The Complete 34 Step Guide for Entrepreneurs Starting a Business
- 12 Tips for Naming Your Startup Business
- 25 Frequently Asked Questions on Starting a Business
- Angel Investing: 20 Things Entrepreneurs Should Know
- A Guide to Venture Capital Financings for Startups
- 28 Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make When Pitching to Investors
- How to Create a Great Investor Pitch Deck for Startups Seeking Financing
- 10 Big Legal Mistakes Made by Startups
- How Employee Stock Options Work in Startup Companies