Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface to the 11th edition -- Introduction -- So you want to be a corporation -- Getting ready -- And now the paperwork -- Your office : home or away? -- Your business plan: preparing for success -- Limited liability companies (llcs) : an entity growing with popularity -- How to profit from your s corporation -- Especially for women and minorities : taking advantage of minority-supplier contracts and business incubators, and avoiding a different "mommy trap" -- Your employees -- "Free" insurance -- Medical benefits -- Your best tax-sheltered pension and profit-sharing plans -- But i already have a keogh plan! -- Investing your corporate surplus -- Putting it all together -- Retire with the biggest tax break possible -- Long-term planning for yourself and your heirs -- If you should die first -- Back to the future-and the present -- Appendix a: state requirements for general business and professional corporations -- Appendix b: sample minutes and bylaws for a small corporation -- Index -- About the author.