Contract Drafting and Negotiation for Entrepreneurs and Business Professionals

This book provides a clear and practical introduction to drafting and negotiating business agreements. It explains important contract terms in an accessible way and offers useful guidance for identifying risks, protecting business interests, and communicating during negotiations. The material is especially helpful for entrepreneurs and professionals who regularly review or prepare agreements. A valuable reference for building stronger contract skills.

Although the book is titled "Contract Drafting and Negotiation for Entrepreneurs and Business Professionals" -- for me, a practicing attorney for 24 years, I consider it a fantastic reference guide for for legal and business practitioners from all areas of the business to learn about and watch out for. Ideally, once contract is negotiated and the business relationship begins -- the contract itself is stuffed in a drawer (electronic or physical) and never looked at again until and unless the business parties have a problem with each other. So getting the contract done right --before being stuffed in that drawer-- is obviously critical. This book is a common sense guide for complex, challenging transactional issues. Somehow, the author has successfully synthesized very challenging subject matter into 130ish pages; a doable read for anyone. Smart C-levels will make this a must-read for anyone in their company who will partake in business relationships that involve contracting (i.e., basically, every single one). What's also great about this book is that it doesn't just cover basic contracts and licensing, but also professional services, service level agreements, intellectual property, and other legal quagmires like contract termination, warranties, limitations of liability and damages. I highly recommend this book and would not be surprised if savvy law professors utilize it in their courses, as it provides practical solutions for legal and business professionals at all levels.

It was a good read. I could refresh my lots of basic concepts...

Paul Swegle writes with the voice of experience. A longtime corporate attorney, he has much to share on the subject of negotiating, drafting, implementing, and working with contracts--and he does it in plain language, accessible to non-lawyer businesspeople. This easy-to-read and easy-to-use little book is the only desktop handbook to contracts you'll ever need. It's a delightful and insightful read, handy for looking up a specific topic or for just spending an hour introducing yourself to the language and world of contracts. This should be on every businessperson's desk, from top executive to beginning entrepreneur.

This book is surprisingly easy to read, has great real world examples, and covers important concepts of contract drafting and negotiating that every business person should know. I highly recommend this book to people who are looking to better understand the contracting process in order to improve their business acumen. The writing is clear, the examples make the content memorable, and I learned important tools in what can be a tricky area for non-lawyers. Any business person interested in understanding the contracting process better will find this book extremely useful.

This book is exactly as promised - both in terms of content and style. It provides an amazingly clear, concise, and complete discussion of not only contract drafting, but also problem solving, the negotiation of business deals, and even great advice for when deals start going bad. And if that was not enough, it is written in a friendly and clever style that makes it as enjoyable to read as it is informative. I am a 25+ year practicing attorney and I am amazed at how the author was able to take technical concepts law students spend an entire year learning, and distill them into a completely understandable discussion that could be read cover to cover in a couple of sittings - it is that easy of a read. Even as someone who *is* an old hand at reviewing and litigating contracts, I found many great pieces of advice and thoughts which, even if on a topic I already knew, gave me a better insight. I highly recommend this book to not only entrepreneurs and business professionals as the author sub-titles the book, but as an attorney I would highly recommend this to my clients in contract disputes so they can better understand what is going on.

First, this book is very helpful for thinking through contacting, whether you are an attorney or a non-attorney. Second, it’s easy to read and it’s easy to find what you’re looking for when using it as a quick reference guide. Third, where else can you get this info at such a reasonable price? I highly recommend this for anyone looking to build or refresh their contracting prowess.

Great book, super easy to read. The large font, short paragraphs, plain words makes you actually want to read every page and become a contract negotiation expert. I just started my own startup and working on bunch of contract templates to use with clients and this book was super useful! Previously I always worked for someone and used their in-house legal team, but now that I’m a business owner I need to be more aware of what I’m signing and what I need others to sign. I highly recommended for any startup owners.

As someone who has no formal law training but who is often negotiating contracts for a business start-up I was looking for a formal text to fill in the gaps and correct the mistaken assumptions I was working under. This book is perfect for anyone who wants simple, effective explanations of the key terms in a contract and, most importantly, how to negotiate around those.

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Not bad, well written, and good for non-law professionals for when dealing with Contracts in general. However like me, if you've studied Contract Law, Company law and Civil Litigation, this really wont be of any use to you! Also this is not tailored to English Law.