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 →The EU AI Act reaches US companies whose AI systems or outputs end up in the EU. After the July 2026 Digital Omnibus, the high-risk rules slid to late 2027 and 2028, but chatbot disclosure and the AI-literacy duty already apply, and AI-content marking catches up on December 2, 2026.
Read the Answer →Connecticut's 2026 AI law, Public Act 26-15, started with a broad AI subscription rule, but a follow-up act narrowed it to very large generative AI platforms before it took effect on October 1, 2026. Here is who is actually covered, how the AI companion rules differ from a customer-service bot, and why most small employers can set the whistleblower provisions aside.
Read the Answer →A foreign supplier account, a euro balance in a fintech app, or signing authority over a company account abroad can each trigger a US reporting duty. Here is how the FBAR and Form 8938 apply to small-business owners and their companies, what the penalties really are after Bittner, and what changed in 2026 for people catching up on late filings.
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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