This week’s book review is The Entrepreneurs Guide to Business Law by Constance E. Bagley and Craig E. Dauchy.
This is a reference book rather than a traditional business book. You don’t need to read this cover to cover rather, you only reference the section that applies to the business and legal need at hand. It is a great reference manual that every entrepreneur and business leader should have on their shelf. The guide covers topics from incorporation to building a contract and from intellectual property to IPOs.
My takeaway from this book is that every business leader needs to have a basic understanding of the laws that govern their business. They need to understand when they can handle a situation and when they need to retain a lawyer specialized in that field. This guide also gives some great tips on selecting an attorney when the need arises!
Note that I have previously reviewed the following books in 2017:
- Les McKeown’s Predictable Success
- Exponential Organzations by Salim Ismail, Michael S. Malone and Yuri van Geest
- Smart Thinking by Art Markman
- Arianna Huffington’s The Sleep Revolution
- RG LeTourneau’s Mover of Men and Mountains
- Kevin Kelly’s The Inevitable
- Ram Charan’s The Attacker’s Advantage
- Jeff Goins’s The Art of Work
- Ron Karr’s Lead, Sell, or Get Out of the Way
- Timothy Ferriss’s Tools of Titans
- Dr. David Perlmutter’s Grain Brain
- Howard Schultz’z Onward
- Nicholas Eberstadt’s Men Without Work
- Jason Fried’s and David Heinemeier Hansson’s Remote
- VALVE Employee Handbook
- Dr. Mark Hyman’s The Ultramind Solution
- Jeff Goin’s Real Artists Don’t Starve
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David, does this book cover business law from the point of view of a specific country? (E.g. Canada or USA)
Robert,
It is written by American authors but much of the law or guidance around the law applies in Canada as well. Keep in mind that specifics may be different in Canada. In fact, specifics may be different between provinces in Canada. However, the general advice offered in the book is valid and valuable and gives you a good understanding of the law and an understanding of when you need to hire a lawyer to deal with the specifics.
Excellent. Thanks!
Thank you for being an invaluable resource and for empowering entrepreneurs like myself to navigate the intricate world of business law.
You are vey welcome!