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Online Class: Legal Guide for Starting and Running a Small Business

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Basic Course: $45.00
with Certificate & CEUs: $70.00
This course will walk a potential business owner through the legal issues concerning starting a business. It will include information concerning sole proprietorships, partnerships, corporations and limited liability companies. Information will be provided on naming the business, creating an ownership agreement, and required licenses and permits. Also included are tax information, borrowing money, hiring and firing, and the pros and cons of franchises. This course will help anyone start a legitimate business, giving them the proper insight into pitfalls and successes. Area covered include: Selecting the best form of business, Writing a Partnership agreement, Creating a Corporation, Creating a Limited Liability Company, Trademarks and mandatory name procedures, Licenses and permits, Tax basics for the small business, Raising money for your business, Home based business, Cash, checks and credit cards and more. This course will cover a vast amount of information and will help anyone wanting to start a small business. From Boarding Kennels to Tax prep offices, from sales to service, this is the ONLY course you need to successfully set up and manage a small business. Join today and start on the road to owning a successful business. Enroll today! This is a self-paced, online course. You have 6 months to finish. An instructor will monitor your progress and assess your body of work at course completion. UniversalClass™ offers many wonderful learning tools to help you get the most out of your online course, including an online portfolio service that manages all your course completions.

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Continuing Education Units (CEU)
1.0 CEUs

Course Description

This course will walk a potential business owner through the legal issues concerning starting a business. It will include information concerning sole proprietorships, partnerships, corporations and limited liabilty companies. Information will be provided on naming the business, creating an ownership agreement, and required licenses and permits. Also included are tax information, borrowing money, hiring and firing, and the pros and cons of franchises. This course will help anyone start a legitimate business, giving them the proper insight into pitfalls and successes.

Area covered include:

 * Selecting the best form of business

 * Writing a Partnership agreement

 * Creating a Corporation

 * Creating a Limited Liability Company

 * Trademarks and mandatory name procedures

 * Licenses and permits

* Tax basics for the small business

 * Raising money for your business.

 * Home based business

 * Cash, checks and credit cards

And more. This course will cover a vast amount of information and will help anyone wanting to start a small business. From Boarding Kennels to Tax prep offices, from sales to service, this is the ONLY course you need to successfully set up and manage a small business. Join today and start on the road to owning a successful business.


A Legal Guide for Starting and Running a Small Business is a course where students will be able to build a business model from which to succeed in the business of their choosing.

Lessons include: 1. Legal Structuring of Your Small Business, 2. Writing a Partnership Agreement, 3. Creating A Corporation, 4. Forming a Limited Liability Company, 5. Trademarks and Naming the Company, 6. Licenses and Permits for a Small Business, 7. About Taxes and the Small Business, 8. Funding the Business, 9. Home Based Businesses, and 10. Cash, Checks or Credit Cards, How Will Your Business Be Paid?

The reading materials are inclusive to the text and the net links provided. Students are not required to purchase any reading material for this course. The student will have a minimum of one assignment per lesson and one online quiz per lesson. Although this is not an accredited course, students achieving a high score and completing all assignments, lessons, and tests are encouraged to request a certificate for Outstanding Achievment and Academic Excellence. These certificates will enhance any office. Clients will know immediately that the student has studied and passed a course in business law and management.


This course offers 1.0 CEUs upon successful completion. You may take this online course with or without CEU documentation. An online and hard-copy Certificate of Course Completion displaying your coursework and CEUs earned is included with the CEU Option. We also offer an expedited Transcript Service for sending your accomplishments to a third party.

Course Lessons

  1. Legal Structuring of your small business - This lesson walks the prospective business owner through the various ways to organize their business. Fringe benefits, tax incentives, and general workings of partnerships, LLC , sole proprietorship, and non-profit corporations are discussed.
  2. Writing a Partnership Agreement - This lesson will walk the student through the process of writing a legally binding partnership agreement for their prospective business.
  3. Creating A Corporation - Step-by-step procedure for setting up a corporation.
  4. Forming a Limited Liability Company - This lesson covers the LLC and the tax advantages it offers. Included is also naming the LLC, financing, and management.
  5. Trademarks and Naming The company - A look at strong and weak trademarks, legal terms required with certain types of businesses, and how to search for a trademark.
  6. Licenses and Permits for a small business - This class covers the local, federal, city and county permits and licenses which may be required for a small business.
  7. About taxes and the small business - Information concerning taxes, Employer Identification Numbers, Audits and more.
  8. Funding the Business - This class discusses the funding of a new business. A business plan is outlined, and fund resources are discussed.
  9. Home Based Businesses - This course offers the student a look into home based businesses, advertising techniques and other important information for the small business start up.
  10. Cash, checks or credit cards, how will your business be paid? - An overview of which payment methods are safest and easiest for the business to accept.
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  3. Certificate of Appreciation
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  5. Certificate of Outstanding Achievement
  6. Certificate of Academic Excellence

Certificates awarded by the instructor will vary and are based upon student merit. Any awards you earn are considered unofficial (or temporary) unless you decide to make the award official. To make an award official, there is a $30.00 processing fee that covers the customization, printing, and shipping of a hard copy of the certificate as well as access to the UniversalClass™ Transcript Service. Official awards include a serial number that verifies the authenticity of the award you earned for a lifetime (great for employers to verify your achievement).

Additional Information

Course Title : Legal Guide for Starting and Running a Small Business
CEU Value : (Continuing Education Units)
Course Number : 6984
Course Type : College Level
Course URL : http://businesslegal.onlineclasses.com
Course Review : Reviewed & Approved on May 4, 2003
Instructor : Loretta Emmons
Syllabus : View Syllabus
Duration : Continuous: Enroll anytime!
Course Fee :
Basic Course: $45.00
with CEUs & Certificate: $70.00
NOT FOR COLLEGE CREDIT
This is a non-credit course. This course may not fulfill any local, state, government, licensing, or educational requirements.
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