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5 Ways to Grow Your Startup Using the Power of Negotiation
Negotiation is one of the fundamental parts of starting your own business. Everything from acquiring a business loan to clinching deals with new clients and settling prices with suppliers will take an element of bargaining...
The Clause Your Company Contracts Need to Protect You During COVID-19
COVID-19 has had a major impact on businesses worldwide, and aspect in particular that it has affected is pre-existing contracts. What happens if you have entered into a contract with someone and you can no...
Should You Start Your Business with a Partner?
Starting a business is no walk in the park. It requires an inordinate amount of patience and fortitude, not to mention time and money! Deciding to start up with a partner might seem like a...
Side Hustles Can Be Risky Business: Here’s How to Protect Yours
Millennials are embracing the side hustle. And why wouldn’t they, when on average, a side hustle can bring in $8,000 a year? The majority of side hustles don’t cost a lot to get off the ground...
5 Ways to Protect Your Business From Non-Paying Clients
When you work as a freelancer or run your own business, non-paying clients can be a major threat to your livelihood, and unfortunately, they’re all too common. The Freelancers Union found that 70 percent of...
7 Common Non-Disclosure Contract Mistakes Startups Make
Of the many contracts that startups draft and execute, non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) are among the most common. Protecting intellectual property is a key concern, and thus, startups want to legally prevent employees, vendors and investors...
Work Smarter and Streamline Your Freelance Business with Apps
As the owner of a freelance videography company called Foster Creative, I’m a videographer, graphic designer, motion graphic animator and entrepreneur all in one. Having recently moved from the plains of Nebraska to the mountains...
Important Contract Terms, Part I: Indemnify this.
One of the mainstays of my practice is writing, or reviewing and revising, contracts for my clients. Often, I am revising contract terms written by my client or another business person, and so, understandably, key...
I”m floored!
I really, really wish I had something interesting to report. It’s pretty much business-as-usual around here. It’s definitely busier than normal, hence my lack of posts, but nothing out of the ordinary. (Perhaps I should...