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.
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 →A federal judge let wiretap, California eavesdropping, and Illinois biometric claims against Otter.ai move forward in August 2026. The case is about the vendor, but the consent rules it applies reach every business that lets a bot join its calls. Here is what the ruling says and a meeting protocol that holds up in all-party-consent states.
Read the Answer →When an employee is fooled by a cloned voice or a fake video call and sends the wire, the law that governs business wire transfers usually treats the payment as authorized. Here is why the bank is rarely on the hook, what you can still recover, and the controls that move the odds.
Read the Answer →For payments made in 2026, the Form 1099-NEC and most 1099-MISC thresholds rise from $600 to $2,000. Some amounts still trigger reporting at $600 or $10, the forms have new boxes, and the January 31 deadline moves to February 1, 2027. Here is the filing season, step by step.
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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