Software Company: Finance, Admin & Legal Booklet

This booklet is a subset of the complete Software Company book. It contains only the Finance, Admin and Legal chapters and an appropriately edited foreword, introduction, and final word. NOTE: This booklet does not have all the Software Company book chapters in it. This is why it is significantly cheaper than the complete book.

Possibly the longest of the booklets which befits its importance. The subjects form a natural grouping as they are all, to one extent or another, bound by law and typically fall under the CFO's remit. For the detailed contents of the Finance, Admin and Legal chapters please visit the accompanying website which has a complete chapter by chapter table of contents and summary.

Finance majors on cash flow, revenue recognition, foreign currency, and management accounts. I discuss my approach to budgets and offer some hard won experience on controlling travel and associated expenses. I also discuss the considerations of selling internationally and those associated with the set-up of an overseas subsidiary.

Efficient administration will underpin growth and is required in order to grow. I don't major on administration and the admin section is primarily geared to addressing the recruitment process and the associated legal compliance requirements.

The legal section addresses the legal aspects of running a business. NDAs, software licenses and contract negotiation are all covered. I also address IP, patents, patent trolls and how several recent legal decisions are making the environment less troll friendly. Please Note: As my disclaimer mentions, I am not qualified to provide formal legal, accountancy or other professional services advice and my book does not provide such advice. The book explains my layman's understanding of such matters in the hope that it will help the reader's understanding.

The purpose of these booklets is that, if you just want to read my thoughts on, in this example, finance, admin and legal, you don't have to purchase the whole book. To understand the contents of the complete book and the five booklets (of which this is one) please visit my website where there is a detailed table of contents and full explanation of what is in each booklet and the contents of the complete book. Including the url is the description is not permitted but the quickest way there is to use my initial and last name!