--- title: Legal GPS | Libraries description: "Legal GPS is a gamified platform that helps new & existing businesses \"do legal\" without having to hire a lawyer." image: https://www.legalgps.com/hubfs/GLOBAL%20Legal%20GPS%20Assets/Images/SM%20post-16x9.png --- # **Legal GPS for Libraries** Legal GPS is the new & simple business tool that helps libraries eliminate legal barriers to entrepreneurship.   [![Schedule Demo](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/21594562/0d733efb-7e69-4617-b205-1508c7ad8775.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/21594562/0d733efb-7e69-4617-b205-1508c7ad8775)  [Watch Demo Video](https://legalgps.wistia.com/medias/xlkw9tpp0r) ![Legal GPS Hero Image 4](https://www.legalgps.com/hubfs/Imported%20sitepage%20images/Legal%20GPS%20Hero%20Image%204.avif) ###### EMPOWERING LIBRARY PATRONS ## Help Your Patrons Save Time, Money and Effort: Legal GPS helps patrons save money and time on legal services. It offers affordable and efficient solutions for navigating legal issues, on average: ## 0 Hours per Year ## $0 In Legal FeesAdd Description here ## 0 Future Legal Problems ###### LEGAL FOR EVERYONE ## How Legal GPS Makes Legal Accessible Legal GPS provides easy access to legal services by offering affordable and efficient solutions, making legal guidance accessible to a wider audience. #### Know What You Don’t Know Helps patrons “know what they don’t know” about legal issues #### No Decision Paralysis Simplified UX to create customized roadmap for users #### Multi-Lingual Platform compatible with all 108 Google Translate Languages #### Actionable All information is actionable rather than just general legal background #### Gamified Designed to incentivize full completion of most common legal issues #### Empowering Helping Patrons know the “how” & “why” to legal gives them a competitive advantage in business dealings When I came across Legal GPS, a lightbulb went off. This tool can help my startups navigate those waters of business-formation types of questions and also how taxation plays into that. It was really helpful to play around with the tool, run through different scenarios but also do it in really bite-sized and digestible bits of workflow. That's really helpful. Rather than just handing somebody a book and saying: 'Here's everything you need to know about forming an LLC." That could be pretty daunting. So, count me as a fan! Legal GPS will serve our startup communities really well! ### **Mark Pond** #### *2021 BRASS Excellence in Business Librarianship Award, Spokane Public Library* ![Mark Pond](https://www.legalgps.com/hs-fs/hubfs/GLOBAL%20Legal%20GPS%20Assets/Images/Mark%20Pond-1-1.png?width=630&height=553&name=Mark%20Pond-1-1.png) ###### OUR FOUR STEP PROCESS ## How Does It Work? Legal GPS is an accessible four step process that guides you from start to finish. ![Tri-Row Optimized](https://www.legalgps.com/hs-fs/hubfs/GLOBAL%20Legal%20GPS%20Assets/Images/Tri-Row%20Optimized.png?width=3200&height=4669&name=Tri-Row%20Optimized.png)   I use Legal GPS to help patrons seeking information on legal basics for business. I've heard from many patrons that "this is such an awesome tool, I can’t believe all this information is in one place.” I have also learned so much! My job’s become SO MUCH easier with regard to providing resources to patrons who are looking for foundational legal knowledge. ### **Hadiza Sa-Aadu** #### *Small Business Engagement Specialist, KCPL* ![Hadiza SaAadu](https://www.legalgps.com/hs-fs/hubfs/GLOBAL%20Legal%20GPS%20Assets/Images/Hadiza%20SaAadu-1.png?width=630&height=553&name=Hadiza%20SaAadu-1.png) ###### READY TO EVOLVE? ## Try Legal GPS for your library today! Schedule a demo and learn how Legal GPS can help your library evolve.   [![Schedule Demo](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/21594562/0d733efb-7e69-4617-b205-1508c7ad8775.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/21594562/0d733efb-7e69-4617-b205-1508c7ad8775) ###### WHAT WE COVER ## Legal Topics Legal GPS covers almost all common legal issues that apply to businesses in their first two years. See below for a sample. **Topics Covered:** - #### [Everything that matters about LLCs, Corporations, & Nonprofits](https://www.legalgps.com/library-partners#) **Legal GPS Covers:** - How to set up an LLC and all the agreements you need to think about when doing so - How to prepare an operating agreement and why you need one--even if you’re the only owner - How to prepare Articles of Organization and why people typically get one issue wrong - How to set up a corporation and what to look out for - Why you need a shareholder’s agreement and what to consider when preparing - How to prepare Articles of Incorporation and why you need to think about issues like par value, classes, and how many shares you authorized - How to figure out if being a nonprofit makes sense, or if LLC, Corporation, or one of the new hybrid organizations (like L3C & B Corp) are right for you - And much more included... - #### [How to Legally Run Your Business](https://www.legalgps.com/library-partners#) **Legal GPS Covers:** - All the tasks required after you form your business and how to finish them in less than a day - If you need to register your business in other states besides your home state, and if so, how to do it - How to keep your finances separate and why it’s important - How to file for an EIN - To know if you’re complying with federal, state, and local licenses, and public safety requirements--and why  there’s probably at least one you’re missing - Why delaying these tasks--along with completing certain contracts--is one of the biggest legal reasons companies fail - Why it’s important to pick a reliable registered agent - How to file for a d/b/a in your state and why it’s important - How to figure out what taxes you might need to pay - How to prepare an NDA and why it’s necessary anytime you’re sharing confidential info with third parties - And much more included... - #### [Everything you Needed to Know & Do When You Started Your Company](https://www.legalgps.com/library-partners#) **Legal GPS Covers:** - All the tasks you need to complete when setting up your business to make sure you don’t lose your company later because of a lawsuit - Why you need to set an official “state entity” (LLC, Corporation) usually, but it doesn’t make sense for some businesses - What’s the right entity for your business, why LLC is great for many, why Corporations make sense for startups, and why the “double tax” fear is usually overblown - Why picking your entity doesn’t stop at “LLC” or “Corp” and that you need to pick the right tax entity as well--and learn how to do it - Why you might not own the IP you created prior to starting your company (and how to write a contract to do that) - How to ensure you set up your business in the right state (hint: Delaware is usually not the right choice) - And much more included... - #### [Why Trademarks & Copyrights Matter and What You’ve Overlooked](https://www.legalgps.com/library-partners#) **Legal GPS Covers:** - Why registering for a trademark is important and why failure to do it could prevent any future growth of your business - How to protect your trademark against infringement and the reason why it’s important - How to create a strong trademark to ensure you get the protection you need from people stealing your branding - How to do a free trademark search and why it’s #1 trademark mistake people that cost their business thousands of dollars in the future and their entire goodwill - How to make sure you’re not infringing on someone else’s copyright and get burned by a lawsuit - Why protecting your copyrighted work from others is important and how to do it - How to make sure you actually own the copyright you paid for and why many entrepreneurs don’t own their logo or other design work because they failed to do these steps - #### [Why Trade Secrets & Patents are So Important & How to Preserve Them](https://www.legalgps.com/library-partners#) **Legal GPS Covers:** - How and why you need to protect your confidential information--if you don’t, your company could be worth nothing! - Step-by-step guidance on ensuring your trade secrets will be recognized as legitimate by the courts - Why Trade Secrets are often the full value of a company and why failure to protect them is a huge mistake many companies make - How to prepare an NDA to ensure your confidential information is protected - The difference between trade secrets and patents and why trade secrets make more sense for many companies - How to do a free patent search and how it could save you thousands doing this early in your business - Why it’s so important to not mix your confidential information with your non-confidential information - #### [Have a Partner or Co-Founder? Learn About Everything You Need to Know](https://www.legalgps.com/library-partners#) **Legal GPS Covers:** - Why it’s important to indicate voting powers, why certain decisions should require, and why a “unanimous” voting requirement can paralyze your company - How to make sure a minority member can’t destroy your company - Why you need to have a provision that allows you to kick out members and why - How to make sure every partner pulls their weight and that everything everyone is expected to do is unambiguous - Why you need to have provisions that restrict transfer of interests so your partner doesn’t give his ownership interest to your mortal enemy - How to make sure your partner can’t leave on Day 2 of the company and still own half - Why you need to have terms on who can and can’t bind your company so someone owning 1% can’t take out a $100,000 loan on behalf of the company - #### [Terms of Use & Privacy Policy: Why You Need to be Specific & How to Do It](https://www.legalgps.com/library-partners#) **Legal GPS Covers:** - Why Terms of Use could be the most important contract you have and how to make sure you cover all the right terms - How to make sure your Terms of Use will actually be recognized by courts  - Why you need a Privacy Policy even if you only use Google Analytics - Why it’s important to follow your Privacy Policy and how you could get in trouble with the government if you don’t This is a great new business to help entrepreneurs. Doing the right thing legally can be a quagmire. I was fortunate to have a great legal team but not everyone can afford it and quite frankly you don't even know what you need until you have spent the money on a lawyer. Legal GPS will be a huge help! ### **Maxine Clark** #### *Founder, Build-A-Bear* ![Maxine Clark](https://www.legalgps.com/hs-fs/hubfs/GLOBAL%20Legal%20GPS%20Assets/Images/Maxine%20Clark-1.png?width=630&height=553&name=Maxine%20Clark-1.png) ###### YOUR LIBRARY AND LEGAL GPS ## We Want to Work With You To Make This a Success Once we partner, let us know how you prefer to market to your patrons and we’ll provide you whatever you need. Here’s a preview of how we can help: ##### **Launch & Ongoing Events** Throw a launch event or host ongoing legal events to showcase business resources. We’ll provide you turnkey ideas to make it as simple and impactful as possible. ##### **Email & Social Media Templates** Use email, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn templates to let patrons know about the library’s new innovative legal resource ##### **Custom Marketing** Let us know what collateral you need and we’ll create it in-house -- it’s a win-win-win when more patrons use Legal GPS!