10 Common and Costly Business Killing Legal Mistakes and How to Avoid Them.

ABOUT The Author

EDWARD R. ALEXANDER JR., ESQ.

 Ed Alexander helps entrepreneurs Start, Purchase, Improve, Protect and Cash-Out from their businesses.  He's represented entrepreneurs and their ventures since he became a lawyer in 1993. Ed is the founder of the Entrepreneurship Law Firm, P.L., located in Orlando, Florida, and is admitted to practice law in both Florida and New York.

Ed is also a licensed transaction advisor in Florida and is a principal of FitzGibbon Alexander, Inc., a Central Florida consulting and business intermediary firm.

Ed is a member of the Greater Orlando Chamber of Commerce Entrepreneurial Advisory Counsel and the United States Small Business Administration Small Business Resource Network. Ed works closely with University of Central Florida Technology Incubator (UCFTI) client and Seminole County Technology Incubator clients and is regularly requested to present the “Legal and Ethical Foundations” portion of the UCFTI Entrepreneurship Certificate Course.  Ed is the author of "5 Business Killing Mistakes" and "The Entrepreneur's No-Nonsense Nuts and Bolts New Venture Legal Guide."

Prior to law school, Ed held non-legal positions in the business world with technology companies, including positions with a pacemaker manufacturer, custom integrated circuit manufacturer and laser bar code manufacturer. He has been part of teams that designed software and hardware for the first generation of defibrillator pacemakers, as well as custom analog and digital integrated circuits used in, among other applications, automobiles and hearing aids.

In 1995, Ed was awarded U.S. Patent, No. 5,468,952, for his 1992 invention of a combined miniature high speed scanner and portable handheld computer.

Ed taught New Venture Finance as an Adjunct Professor for the University of Central Florida (School of Business) and was 2007 Chairman of the East Orlando Chamber of Commerce.

He works with the Orange County Legal Aid Society as a volunteer guardian ad-litem for abused and neglected children.  He also enjoys outdoor activities including fishing, kayaking, hiking, backpacking and hunting.



Testimonials for the Book

"Many attorneys work with entrepreneurs.  Very few ARE entrepreneurs and able to understand the challenges of starting and growing a business.  Ed Alexander is a very rare attorney who is equally a talented lawyer, successful entrepreneur, skilled engineer and effective teacher.  In addition to building a successful law practice following a successful career in industry, Ed has been an adjunct instructor in the UCF College of Business Administration for many years and taught classes for the UCF Incubation Program.  Ed is at the top of our referral list for Incubator clients.  We trust him.  Our clients respect and appreciate him.  This book will become part of our orientation package for new Incubator client companies.  The insights shared in it are that important."

 Carol Ann Dykes, Site Manager, UCF Business Incubator - Central Florida Research Park

"As an experienced entrepreneur and attorney, Ed Alexander has seen it all, so there is something in this book for everyone!"
Jerry Ross, Executive Director, Disney Entrepreneur Center

Business owners beware. You're making mistakes that are taking money out of your pocket… problem is our brains don't work in a way that allows us to uncover these mistakes. Enter Ed. He can see the mistakes we can't see. He's unlike a normal attorney… he's a deal maker not a deal killer and in this book, Ed pulls back the curtain and makes law something we can actually understand and reveals things that could be costing you thousands. It's a must read if you want to make more money and keep more of the money you already make.

Jimmy Vee & Travis Miller, Bestselling authors of Gravitational Marketing: The Science of Attracting Customers