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Business Planning Help & Micro Loans
- Partners for Self-Employment
- ProsperaUSA
- SCORE
- Small Business Dev Center
- StartUP FIU
- RISE Miami - Small Business Loans
- Why Choose an LLC Over a Corporation
- Helpful Information About LLCs
- Multi-Member LLC Operating Agreements
- Things to consider when forming a multi-member LLC
- Incorporating LLC in Delaware or Wyoming
- Step by step instructions for creating an LLC on-line
- General advice on operating an LLC
- Initial capital contrubtions to single member LLC
- What are LLC "Capital Accounts"?
- LLC Operating Agreements
- Partnerships
- Nonprofit corporations - a primer
- Common Mistakes Made by Nonprofits
- Staying Out of Trouble as Board Member
- Seven Reasons Nonprofits Fail
- Conducting nonprofit self-assessment
- Nonprofit corporation disclosure requrements
- Nonprofit "corporate formalities"
- 501(c)(3) - "Public Charity" vs "Private Foundation"
- Can directors act without a meeting?
- Duties of Nonprofit Directors (from the Florida Bar)
- Conflict of Interest Policy (sample) nonprofit_policy_manual.docx
- 501(c)(3) - An easy to understand explaination
- IRS "Stay Exempt" site (educational links for exempt organizations)
- Political and Lobbying Activies by Nonprofits
- Exemption application filed more than 27 months after incorporation
- Personnel Policy Manual
- Personnel Policy Manual (from SBA)
- Procurement Policy Manual
- Accounting Policy Manual
- Sexual Harassment Policy
- Conflicts of Interest Policy (IRS approved)
- Lease/Purchase Program Policy Manual
- Affirmative Action Policy
- Code of Ethics Policy
- Document Retention and Destruction Policy
- Comprehensive nonprofit policy manual (sample)
- Trademark Basics
- Trademarks: Description of Clinic Trademark Services
- Trademarks - What Happens After Application is Filed?
- Trademarks - registering words vs registering graphics
- Trademark "Specimens"
- Trademark classes (simplified listing)
- "Intent to Use" vs "Use in commerce" Tradmark applications
- Explanation of the "Supplemental Register"
- International Registration - (the "Madrid Protocol")
- You Can't Normally Trademark a Book Title
- Filing Instructions - Initial trademark application
- Filing Instructions - "Statement of Use" form
- Filing Instructions - Amending application to "Supplemental Register"
- Filing Instructions - Respond to an non-final "Office Action"
- Filing Instructions - Respond to a final "Office Action"
- Filing Instructions - trademark renewal (due 5th year)
- Filing Instructions - trademark renewal (due 10th year)
- Filing Instructions - trademark amendment
- How to create a "specimen"
- Self-help filing instructions
- Copyright Overview
- Copyright Basics
- Copyright Registration
- U.S. Copyright Office explanation of the Single Application
- U.S. Copyright Office eligibility checklist for Single Application
- Tutorial for using the "Single Application"
- The Copyright Claims Board
- Resolve copyright disputes of low economic value with a less expensive alternative to federal court
- An article on how to attract investors and the risks
- Guide to Small Businesses on Raising Capital (published by SEC)
- Securities Registration and Exemptions
- Fequently Asked Questions about exempt offerings (published by SEC)
- Offering Memorandum
- SBA - Guide to preparing a "Socially Disadvantaged Narrative"
- How to prepare a business plan
- SBA Guide for Starting a Small Business
- Starting an Import/Export Business
- Purchasing a Small Business - due diligence checklist
- Instructions: creating a Florida LLC on-line
- What is "Shopify" and how to use it
- Small Business Start-up Resources
- Francshise Basics
- Buying a Business Checklist
- Starting a Business While on FI Student Visa
- Starting a Business While on H1B visa
- Qualifying for an E2 Investor Visa
- Independent Contractor vs Employee
- More information on the Independent Contractor vs Employee issue
- IRS Guidance on "Employee" vs "Independent Contractor"
- Guide to Fair Labor Standards Act
- Exemptions to Fair Labor Standards Act
- How to stop a "garnishment"
- Corporate Transparency Act
- Website terms & conditions
- Does My Website Have to Be ADA Compliant?
aka Small Business Legal Clinic
- BIT Clinic Course Description - (for potential students)
- BIT Clinic Overview - (for potential clients)
- Description of BIT Clinic's trademark service