JW Dicks, Esq. is currently featured in an Entrepreneur.com Article offering advice on launching a new business

 Orlando, Fla. – October 20, 2008 – In a recent article in Entrepreneur.com, JW Dicks, Esq., entrepreneur and business strategist, offers several helpful tips and insights on starting a new business.  The article, titled “50 Steps to Startup Success,” written by Gwen Morgan, featured several business owners, entrepreneurs, lawyers and business strategists, to lay out 50 steps that should be taken by those starting up a new business. 

 JW Dicks, Esq. offered several insights regarding finding a location for your business and negotiating a lease.  In the article, JW Dicks said, “Try to reduce a 12-month guarantee to six months. You have more flexibility when there’s a lot of office space for rent in the area.”  JW Dicks also lent his expertise in the area of employment termination.  The article cites JW Dicks as saying, “it’s important to understand the employment laws in your state so you can remain within the law when you are terminating someone’s employment. Firing an employee may also trigger an unemployment compensation expense.”

 JW Dicks is also joined in the article by his business partner, Nick Nanton, Esq., to offer several other tips and strategies for starting a new business.  JW Dicks and Nick Nanton are partners in the Orlando area law firm, Dicks and Nanton, PA, and are also co-authors of the book “Celebrity Branding You™.  The complete article can be found at http://entrepreneur.com/magazine/entrepreneursstartupsmagazine/2008/september/197322.html

 For articles and blogs written by JW Dicks, visit http://www.DicksNantonAgency.com

 About JW Dicks, Esq.:

 JW Dicks, Esq. is an attorney, best selling author, entrepreneur and business strategist. He has spent his entire 35-year career building successful businesses for himself and his clients bringing his golden touch to the marketing and sales of over $500 million of products and services. His professional versatility affords him a unique insight into the opportunities available for today’s business owners along with the knowledge of how to structure and position a business to take advantage of them.

He is the senior partner of Dicks & Nanton P.A.: The Business Growth Lawyers™, representing clients in the growth of their business using franchises, area exclusive licensing, coaching, idea licensing, info-marketing, joint ventures, syndications and explosion marketing to accomplish their goals. JW Dicks has worked with a diverse set of clients ranging from an Inc. 500 fastest growing company with sales over $250 Million, public companies, down to a small start up that made fishing lures. He loves the challenge and excitement of them all.

In addition to coaching and consulting with clients nationwide, JW Dicks is also a successful entrepreneur. He has built his own businesses, with annual sales over $35 Million, developed real estate in excess of $200 Million and both created, and sold intellectual property rights for as much as $1.8 Million.

JW Dicks has led national conferences and conventions and has spoken to over 150,000 business leaders on venture capital formation, syndication, investing, and business growth strategies. He is the best-selling author of numerous legal and financial books including the 50 Volume set, How to Start a Corporation and Operate in Any State, Moonlight Investing, The Florida Investor, Mutual Fund Investing Strategies, The Small Business Legal Kit, The 100 best Investments For Your Retirement, Financial CPR, Operation Financial Freedom, and How to Buy and Sell Real Estate.

In addition to his Juris Doctorate degree, JW Dicks holds securities licenses, 22, 7, 65, and 24. He is also a registered securities principal, registered investment advisor, and real estate broker. Although technically proficient in several professions, his clients consider his greatest attributes to be his innate creativity, visionary focus and ability to design and implement multi-layered profit centers for companies and individuals seeking long-term financial growth and protection.

JW Dicks is a graduate of the University of Florida and George Mason College of Law. He is a member of the American Bar Association, NASD, National Association of Realtors, the Florida Bar and the Virginia Bar.

For more information, please visit http://www.DicksNantonAgency.com