Avoid These Common Mistakes When Signing A Commercial Lease Agreement By: M. Zane Johnson Esq. When it comes to commercial lease agreements, 90% of entrepreneurs don’t call a lawyer until it’s too late. Instead of hiring an attorney at the beginning of the leasing process to help them understand and negotiate the agreement, they try
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Getting Paid On Time as a Freelance Solopreneur By: M. Zane Johnson, Esq. Freelancing offers tremendous freedom and flexibility. It allows you to be your own boss, set your own hours, and choose the projects that excite you. However, it also comes with its challenges. And getting paid on time is chief among them. A
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Using Your Trademark to Create Passive Income By: M. Zane Johnson, Esq. If I told you a trademark is the best way to protect your brand, you probably wouldn’t be too surprised. Most business owners know that without a registered trademark your brand is vulnerable to copycats. What fewer business owners realize is that registering
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5 Trademark Truths Your Probably Didn’t Know By: M. Zane Johnson, Esq. If you’re thinking about protecting your brand with a federal trademark, considering these 5 common trademark misconceptions could help save you some time and money. Filing a Trademark Application Before Starting Your Business Could Backfire This may sound odd coming from an
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Zane Johnson Shares Tips for Tax Season on Evening WURDs Attorney Zane Johnson, Founder and Managing Attorney of MZA Legal, joined guest host P.O.C. on WURD Radio’s Evening WURDs radio show on February 20, 2024. Zane shared his tips for entrepreneurs, freelancers, and gig-workers when it comes to successfully navigating tax season. Here’s a quick
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The Biggest Trademark Fail of All Time? By: M. Zane Johnson, Esq In 2014, an Indiana based company spent an estimated $50,000 trying to register 152 trademarks. But in just a few years, every single one of those applications had been denied. How did this happen? And was this the greatest trademark fail of all
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Working with an Attorney on a Shoestring Budget By: M. Zane Johnson, Esq. The other day I was reading about a Rocket Lawyer survey that found that less than a third of small business owners worked with a lawyer in the past year. As the founder of a small business law firm, these numbers are
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The Truth About Owning Nothing and Controlling Everything By: M. Zane Johnson, Esq. “Own Nothing, and Control Everything.” If you follow popular entrepreneur influencers on social media, you’ve probably encountered this phrase. It refers to the idea that, as a business owner, the best way to preserve your wealth is through the use of business
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5 Little Known Facts About Black Entrepreneurship By: M. Zane Johnson, Esq. It’s Black History Month, and if you’re into entrepreneurship, you’ll probably come across a quite a few articles or videos sharing statistics about Black entrepreneurship. But, you probably haven’t come across any of the 5 surprising facts below. Much of the content out
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Legal Tips forContent Creators For many small business owners, solopreneurs, and freelance creatives, content is key. Creating content. Sourcing content. Distributing content. We find ourselves spending a good chunk of our time focused on these activities because, at the end of the day, it drives awareness and brings us business. What we don’t often think
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