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Business Leadership Legal Tips for Entrepreneurs Risk Management
If you had independent contractors or employees working for your business last year, there’s an important date coming up at the end of this month. Do you know what it is? It turns out, there are quite a few important annual dates for small businesses. Want a leg up in making sure you don’t miss them? You may be thinking […]
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Business Leadership Business Liability Risk Management
It’s that time of year where, just like in my last post, we get to re-evaluate our various systems, practices and policies in our businesses to determine whether they are serving us well, are helping us meet our goals, or whether they need to be revamped or revised. If you don’t yet have a “Data Protection Checklist” as an online […]
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Business Leadership Legal Tips for Entrepreneurs Risk Management
“If you don’t treat your business like a business, nobody else will.“ – Heather, The Legal Website Warrior® It’s now December, and many entrepreneurs and small businesses are wondering what they should be doing for their end of year planning as they prepare to wrap up the current calendar year and transition into a new year. End of year planning […]
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Business Liability Legal Tips for Entrepreneurs Online Content
If you are a small business owner or online entrepreneur and you have a database of subscribers that you communicate with via email, you need to be aware of laws governing spam. I would also suggest that as a consumer of emails, you should also be aware of what is (and is not) technically spam or illegal spam. Many people […]
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Business Legal Solutions Intellectual Property Legal Tips for Entrepreneurs
I often hear from entrepreneurs who are building an online business: launching a digital course or program, pushing a workshop full of their favorite content out into the online space, publishing their best tips and articles online, building an online “home base” for their best content in order to serve the clients they are here to serve, launching a podcast, […]
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Business Conversations Business Leadership Risk Management
(Sent to my email list on March 7, 2020, with minor revisions) First, please know that I did not want to send this email. But this email has been nagging at me the last couple of days. And my job is to support you and help you avoid or limit risk in your business wherever possible. I want to see […]
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Business Liability Legal Tips for Entrepreneurs Risk Management
Have you heard of the General Data Protection Regulation (i.e. the GDPR)? My bet is that you have seen some information, emails, or news articles pop across your feed that reference this new, important, and expansive EU privacy regulation. It can feel like a daunting task to wrap your mind around what this means for your business. So let me help you. […]
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Contracts Legal Tips for Entrepreneurs Risk Management
If you work in the world of creative services (e.g. as a writer, graphic or website designer, illustrator or artist) at one point or another, you will experience scope creep. It is one of the biggest complaints I hear from creatives about their work. For those who are unable to manage scope creep, it can result in significant cost (i.e. […]
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Business Liability Contracts Legal Tips for Entrepreneurs
Regardless of how well you run your business, or how seamlessly you deliver your product or service, you will inevitably have to resolve the occasional unfortunate scenario or disagreement with a client or customer. While disputes are unavoidable in business, there are some basic steps you can take to minimize incidents, keep your clients happy, and your reputation in tact. […]
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Business Liability Contracts Intellectual Property
Online entrepreneurs! Want to understand how to protect your online content? Join me for a replay of my recent Office Hours (which was held on my business FB page). During this FB live discussion, I review the importance of protecting your online content and provide some recent examples of client scenarios (and having to follow up on infringements of my online content, […]
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Business Formation Business Liability Business Structure
I recently had a great conversation with Dr. Ellie Heintz, a doctor and acupuncturist who also runs a podcast called “The Daily Cup” (I love that title — her goal is to help other entrepreneurs in the health and wellness field to simplify their businesses – and she definitely aims, through her podcast, to “fill you up”!) We had a jam-packed […]
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Business Liability Contracts Legal Tips for Entrepreneurs
It is estimated that as much as 86% of all credit card fraud actually falls into the category of “friendly fraud.” Of course we know that there is nothing friendly about fraud, especially when you are running a business. What is friendly fraud, and what can you do to protect against it? Friendly fraud, also known as “chargeback fraud,” occurs […]
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