For Women SANE Enough to Start Their Business
Wow, we’re more than half-way through getting your business from a mere burning desire to up and running! Now it’s time to prepare your operating documents. These are the critical documents like independent consulting agreement, Master Services Agreement, Non-Disclosure Agreement (aka NDA or Confidentiality Agreement), Non-Compete and Non-Solicitation Agreement, Service Level Agreement, Distribution Agreement, Vendor/Supplier [...]
I bet you thought I had forgotten about the “How to Start a Business” series of posts, didn’t you? Well, I didn’t forget. I just got side-tracked by tax day and of course, my birthday! So, getting back to our regularly scheduled programming…. Prepare Entity Documents Depending on your entity structure, you are likely to [...]
Ok, I admit it. I’m paranoid. But, as the saying goes, just because you’re paranoid, doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you. So, at the risk of being summarily dismissed as a paranoid attorney, today’s therapy session explains why business owners should fire Google as their attorney. I’d love your feedback, so be sure [...]
Do you know the keys to hiring the right attorney? At the risk of being labelled “unconventional”–it’s ok, I’ve been called worse–here’s my take on the top 4 keys to selecting an attorney: 1. PERSONALITY: Some may argue that personality should not even enter the equation. But, I disagree. I’ve practiced law in law firms and [...]
Turnabout is fair play. A few weeks ago, I gave tips on when NOT to hire an attorney. But there are some situations when you shouldn’t “play attorney”; you need a REAL one. So, when SHOULD you hire an attorney? Starting a Business 1. When you are launching a new business. There are so many [...]
While I know that big law firms simply cannot deliver the same level of service to small business owners that small law firms can, I was still shocked to discover that big law firms are actually being counseled by consultants to dump small clients. Read the following post from Imke Ratschko’s New York Small Business Law [...]
I promised in my last post to tell you when hiring an attorney is not worth it. Here goes. Poor Customer Service 1. Don’t hire an attorney when what you’re really dealing with is poor customer service, not a legal problem. I am often asked to write letters to companies threatening legal action and worse if the company doesn’t [...]
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