With practical advice, legal information, tips, and step-by-step instruction, this guide will help you get your nonprofit up and running. It explains how to: develop a strategic plan and budget; recruit and manage board members, volunteers, and staff; market your organization to your target audience; raise money including traditional methods and crowdfunding; build a website, use social media strategically, and avoid copyright troubles; adopt policies...

"Incorporating a business is an important first step in obtaining limited liability status. To keep that status, a business must observe a number of legal formalities, including holding and documenting shareholder and director meetings. Meeting minutes form the primary paper trail of a corporation's legal life, and this book provides all of the forms needed and instructions on how to prepare them. Minutes forms include Notice of Meeting, Shareholder...

"This 50-state guide provides the information a nonprofit needs to register to fundraise legally in any state"--Provided by publisher.

"It happens to any business that's owned by more than one person: Sooner or later, one or more owners will want or need to leave the business. What happens to the company if one co-owner wants to retire, files for bankruptcy, or goes through a divorce? Unless one plans in advance, it could threaten the survival of the business. It's essential that business co-owners create a simple but effective buyout agreement (buy-sell agreement). This document...

Every landlord's guide to managing property covers everyday skills a hands-on landlord needs, including how to: retain good, long-term tenants; handle nitty-gritty maintenance such as snow removal, toilet clogs, and painting; avoid conflicts over late rent, unauthorized roommates, and clutter; limit costly turnovers and vacancies; manage condos and deal with association restrictions; track income and expenses and prepare for tax time; hire and work...