As a small business owner, you can't afford to farm paperwork and contracts out to a lawyer--you have to deal with them yourself. With Legal Forms for Starting & Running a Small Business, you can act with confidence.

Here you'll find the forms you need to start and grow your business. Each document comes with thorough, plain-English, line-by-line instructions to help you:

• write contracts

• prepare corporate bylaws

• prepare an LLC operating agreement

• hire employees and consultants

• create noncompete agreements

• protect your trade secrets

• record minutes of meetings

• lease commercial space

• buy real estate

• borrow or lend money

The 12th edition has been thoroughly reviewed and updated by Nolo's experts and provides the most up-to-date legal information for small businesses.

With Downloadable Forms

Download and customize more than 65 forms to help you start and run your small business (details inside).