Legal for the Operator
The law an operator must know, and the law an operator must call counsel about.
Every operator must know the law well enough to read a contract, choose an entity, and know when to call counsel. This course teaches that working literacy.
You will finish able to read a mid-length commercial contract and mark the three provisions that matter most.
- 01
Read a commercial contract.
- 02
Understand entity choice and its consequences.
- 03
Know when to call a lawyer.
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1 week · ~3 hours.
- IModule · ~1 hour.
Entities
The container your business lives in.
The entity is the container. Choosing it wrong is expensive to undo.
What You Will Be Able To Do- — Compare LLC, S-corp, C-corp.
- — State fiduciary duty in plain language.
- — Choose an entity defensibly.
Why hereEntity choice compounds for the life of the business.
- IIModule · ~1 hour.
Contracts
The document that outlives the handshake.
Contracts outlive the handshake. Read them.
What You Will Be Able To Do- — Read a commercial contract.
- — Identify the three critical provisions.
- — Redline defensibly.
Why hereThe contract is the document that governs the relationship when trust fails.
- IIIModule · ~1 hour.
Intellectual property
What you own, and how you protect it.
IP is the asset your firm builds without noticing. Protect it accordingly.
What You Will Be Able To Do- — Distinguish the four instruments.
- — Choose the right protection.
- — Register when necessary.
Why hereIP compounds silently and disappears loudly if unprotected.
The point is not to become your own lawyer. The point is to be a competent client of one.