Principles
of Business (BUS101)
Spring
Semester, 2009
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Course Syllabus
Week
1:
Class
1 Presentation
20 Tips for Small-Business Success
Small-Business
Aptitude Test
Week
2:
No
Class.
Week
3:
Classes
2 and 3 Presentation
Scoring
the Small-Business Aptitude Test
Business Plan Checklist
Sample
Photography Business Plan
Sample
Mission Statements
Pro
Forma Profit and Loss Statement
Pro
Forma Cash Flow
Pro
Forma Balance Sheet
Estimated
Capital Requirement Worksheet
Small
Business Administration
Comparison
of Business Entities
Guide
for Organizing Domestic Corporations
Inc.
Articles of Incorporation
Sample
Bylaws
Minute
Book
LLC
Articles of Organization
Sample
Operating Agreement
City
of Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Licensing
Pros
and Cons of Office Space Leasing or Buying
Commercial
Lease Agreement
Week
4:
Class
4 Presentation
Comparison
of Business Entities
Guide
for Organizing Domestic Corporations
Inc.
Articles of Incorporation
Sample
Bylaws
Minute
Book
LLC
Articles of Organization
Sample
Operating Agreement
City
of Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Licensing
Pros
and Cons of Office Space Leasing or Buying
Commercial
Lease Agreement
Business
Marketing Chart
Marketing
Plan Outline
Week
5:
Class
5 Presentation
Terms
Usage
Checklist
For Third Party Fees
Sample
Estimate Letter
Sample
Confirmation Letter
Sample
Thank You Letter
Accounts
Receivable Log
Sample
Collection Letter 1
Sample
Collection Letter 2
Week
6:
Class
6 Presentation
Sample
Non-Disclosure Statement for a Business Plan
Confidentiality
and Non-Disclosure Agreement
Employee
Non-Disclosure Agreement
Non-Compete
Agreement
Copyright
Office
Copyright
Form VA
Copyright
Transfer Form
Circular
9
Freelance
v. Employee
Independent
Contractor Agreement
U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office
Week
7:
Class
7 Presentation
President's
Resource Organization
Small
Business Administration
American
Society of Media Photographers
Society
for Photographic Education
Photo
Marketing Association International
African-American
Photographers Guild
Wedding
& Portrait Photographers International
Women
in Photography International
Employment
Law: An Overview
Checklist
of Important Pre-Hiring Concerns
Illegal
Questions Checklist
Sexual
Harassment
Employment
Application
Week
8:
Midterm
Week
9:
Midterm
Grading Scale
Class
9 Presentation
Sample
Balance Sheet
Sample
Profit and Loss Statement
Sample
Cash Flow Statement
NPPA:
Cost of Doing Business Calculator
Accounting
Quiz
Week
10:
Answers
to the Accounting
Quiz
Class
10 Presentation
Internal
Revenue Service
Week
11:
Class
11 Presentation
Assignment
Estimate
Wedding
Photography Contract
Portrait
Photography Contract
Licensing
Contract to Merchandise Images
The
ASMP Code of Ethics
Ethics
Assignment
Week
12:
Class
12 Presentation
The
Right to Privacy,
the law review article that started it all
State
Right of Publicity Laws
Model
Release
Tips
For Working with Models
Property
Release
Campari
ad, from Hustler
v. Falwell
Miller
v. California, the "Miller" test for
obscenity
Week
13:
Class
13 Presentation
Top
10 Mistakes When Buying A Business
Week
14:
Class
14 Presentation
Review
for Final
Exam
Week
15:
Final
Exam
Recommended
Reading:
Tad
Crawford, Business and Legal Forms for Photographers
(Allworth 2002)
Michal
Heron and David MacTavish, Pricing Photography (Allworth
2002)
Bert
P. Krages, Legal Handbook for Photographers (Amherst 2002)
Vik
Orenstein, Guide to Building Your Photography Business
(Writer's Digest 2004)
Steven
D. Strauss, The Small Business Bible (Wiley 2005)
Eric
Tyson and Jon Schell, Small Business for Dummies (For
Dummies 2003)
John
A. Tracy, Accounting for Dummies (For Dummies 2004)
Richard
Weisgrau, The Real Business of Photography (Allworth 2004)
