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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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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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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Firing Clients: When Enough is Enough All money, ain’t good money… When you find a client who is willing and able to pay on time, typically, you try to hold onto them. But occasionally, you come across a client whose money isn’t worth the headache that accompanies it. For example, you may have a client
NIL Rights in Real Life By Patrick Hanafin and Zane Johnson The AND1 Ballers Could Have Used a Good Lawyer Debuting in 1998, The AND1 Mixtape was a cultural phenomenon. The concept was simple: take the highlights from various pickup basketball games and have a DJ slice up some hip-hop beats under the edited footage.
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5 Ways for Entrepreneurs to Limit Liability and Exposure to Lawsuits There’s no way around it. Starting a new business is risky. There’s no guarantee things will work out the way you envision them. While we all imagine ourselves building a 7 figure business empire that will last a lifetime, the reality is that we’re
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Let’s talk negotiation strategy. Peep the scenario. You’re starting a podcast to help promote your new consulting business. In your search for the necessary tools, you come across a used microphone that’s within your budget. You reach out to the seller to ask a few questions, and it turns out the mic fits your needs
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