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This simple but complete guide explains all of the steps to incorporate and save hundreds of dollars or more in attorney fees. Includes sample bylaws, resolutions, and tax forms, plus clear instructions.

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The Entrepreneur's Legal Guide is designed to give you a major advantage over others who use the cookie-cutter approach to get started. It offers questions to ask about your unique situation and provides the guidance to devise your own answers.

Expert, Practical Advice for Everyone in Show Business Now updated and expanded, this second edition of The Stage Producer’s Business and Legal Guide is the ultimate survival kit for anyone presenting live entertainment. The information contained in this handbook is essential for those working in Broadway, regional, stock, or university theater; concert halls; opera houses; and more. Attorney, producer, and playwright Charles Grippo provides comprehensive advice on every aspect of the theater business and the law, including: Crowdfunding Your Production New Opportunities to Raise Money Self-Production Licensing and Producing Plays Devised Theater and Collaborations Creating Jukebox Musicals Organizing a Theater Company Theatrical Insurance Maintaining a Harassment-Free Environment Negotiating Contracts Essential Rules Every Board Member Must Know Managing a Not-for-Profit Theater Company Navigating Taxes Using Third-Party Intellectual Property And much, much more! The entire range of individuals involved in entertainment—producers, performers, writers, directors, managers, and theater owners—will find invaluable practical and legal advice in this handy guide.

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Incorporate your business without a lawyer, save taxes and costly legal fees, and protect personal assets from creditors. Includes forms and instructions.