An Entrepreneur's Guide to Starting, Managing, and Exiting Your Business
The Silverton Publishing Business Book Series · 12 Volumes
Get Notified at LaunchThe Million Dollar Highway — US Highway 550 — is one of the most dangerous and perhaps the most beautiful drive in America, perhaps in the world. Carved into the San Juan Mountains in Southwest Colorado by an entrepreneur named Otto Mears in 1882, it connects the mining towns of Silverton, Ouray, Telluride, and Durango through hairpin turns, sheer cliffs, and very few guardrails against a backdrop of unmatched beauty.
Building a business is the same drive. The Million Dollar Highway 12-volume series is your road map — covering nearly every legal, financial, and operational challenge you'll face from formation through exit. Written by a lawyer and entrepreneur who has formed and run multiple businesses and advised founders and business leaders for more than three decades, and a fintech executive who builds and scales companies from the inside.
Each volume covers a distinct legal or business discipline — read the one you need now, or drive the whole highway.
Before the series launches, we're publishing practical answers to the legal and business questions entrepreneurs search for every day. No jargon, no hedging — just what you need to know.
Should you hire a business lawyer or use an online service like LegalZoom? A practicing attorney breaks down when you actually need legal help — and when you're fine on your own.
Read the Answer →A plain-language guide to choosing between an LLC, S-Corp, and C-Corp for your new business. Covers taxes, liability, flexibility, and which entity structure fits your situation.
Read the Answer →The 12 clauses every business contract needs — from performance and payment terms to indemnity, limitation of liability, and dispute resolution. A plain-language guide for entrepreneurs.
Read the Answer →Registering a business name isn't the same as protecting it. Learn how trademarks, domain names, and common law rights actually work — and what most founders get wrong about business name protection.
Read the Answer →The difference between an average small business owner and one who understands the tax code is often $5,000-$15,000 in lost deductions every year. Here are the legitimate write-offs most owners leave on the table.
Read the Answer →Commercial leases are among the most consequential documents a small business owner will sign — and they're frequently signed without the scrutiny they deserve. What to examine before your signature binds you for years.
Read the Answer →Twenty states now have comprehensive data privacy laws with no federal standard. Texas is already running enforcement sweeps. Here's what small businesses actually need to know.
Read the Answer →Most small businesses adopted AI without deciding to. A written use policy preserves trade secret status, keeps you inside your own confidentiality obligations, and gives you something to point to when a customer or insurer asks.
Read the Answer →Your assignment clause transfers an existing right. If the contractor generated the deliverable with AI, there may be no copyright to transfer — the clause is drafted correctly and moves nothing.
Read the Answer →“A road has to go somewhere worth going. And somebody has to be crazy enough to build it.”
THE ORIGINAL ENTREPRENEUR'S ROAD
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