Professional Development

Stop nickeling and diming your customers who pay online

2020.  If there’s one good thing that’s come out of this crazy year, it’s that businesses have been forced to get online. If this whole accepting-payments-online-thing is new for you, it may be tempting to pass on those merchant processing fees to your customers.  What a great way to save money during a global crisis! […]

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Think less like a sheep and more like a SEAL

Philosoraptor asks: Maybe…but probably not in the past couple weeks, especially if you run a small business.  It’s hard enough when times are good to make things happen and plan for the future.  But what about the times like these, when a dangerous virus is surreptitiously spreading around the globe?  When your state or local government

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Don’t wait till you hit rock bottom!

How do you know it’s time to get a lawyer?  Many people wait till they’re like this guy: For a business owner, hitting rock bottom might look like being sued, getting caught up in a nasty “divorce” with your business partner, having a rogue employee steal your intellectual property…the list goes on.  You definitely need a lawyer if you’ve hit

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Communication is good for love and lawyering

People make relationships a lot harder than they should be, and client relationships are no exception. A recent survey found that only 29% of in-house counsel are “very satisfied” with their outside law firms, with the rest being somewhat satisfied or outright dissatisfied.  Most of the reasons for dissatisfaction boiled down to communication issues.  The good news

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