If you are running a business for yourself, you have at least one member on your team – and that’s YOU, the entrepreneur. But if you are looking to grow and build a sustainable business that will last for the long haul, you should take a lesson from the Pro’s, and build a team of […]
5 Essential Professionals the Pros Use that You Don’t… Read More »
I’m so excited to announce the opening of a new and innovative training program for online entrepreneurs that want to take affirmative steps to protect their business legally but can’t afford the high cost of legal help, and don’t know where else to turn. I’ve called it The Entrepreneur’s Law School. In anticipation of this launch,
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I have to tell you, I am so fortunate to be a lawyer in today’s world. Things are so much different now than they were even 20 or 30 years ago. I look at older lawyers and their mindset and the way they practice law and I have to chuckle. They do is in a
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Here at Hawthorn Law, we live for helping online entrepreneurs and small business owners. But in order to help you best, we need to know what your biggest problems and challenges are. Can you please take a minute and tell us what your #1 legal challenge is? Perhaps you don’t know what you don’t know –
What’s the #1 Legal Question You Currently Have About Your Business? Read More »
It’s the worst nightmare of many entrepreneurs… a cease and desist letter. When you get one of these, it usually means that you have (knowingly or not) done something you shouldn’t have done, and someone else wants you to stop it. Thinking about writing a cease and desist letter? I previously wrote about 5 cease
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For those of you that were unaware, I’m in the process of writing a book that outlines all the do’s and don’ts that you need to be aware of when staring (or building) an online business. A huge issue I see with many clients is multiple trademark application mistakes that generate problems with the USPTO.
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Recently I’ve been researching possible blog topics and noticed that there is very little legal information out there for people that work from home. And because my law practice works with online entrepreneurs, it dawned on me that many of you probably do actually work from home in your online business. Now, this post was inspired
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Have you started a physical products business selling on Amazon? This post contains a list of ten things I bet you didn’t know about the contract you entered into with Amazon when you started selling on their website. Ignore this information and you run the risk of getting your account shut down (yes, they can do that).
Selling on Amazon? 10 Things You Need to Know… Read More »
Wouldn’t it be a fabulous world if we didn’t need lawyers? One of the great things about lawyers is that we can (usually, but not always) fix the mistakes our clients make. And the way I see it, if I can help to educate my clients and the public at large about what those common mistakes
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If you have followed along with us so far, here is what we have covered so far: Part 1 – Preliminary Considerations to Starting Your Own Online Business Part 2 – Naming Your Business Part 3 – Making Your Business “Legal” Today we are going to cover what is arguably the most important part of starting
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Yesterday the Seattle Times reported that Amazon plans to complete the acquisition of a French parcel delivery company, ColisPrivé, within the next three months. Elizabeth Weise of USA Today wrote a great article outlining the various acquisitions that Amazon has made since 2014, and quotes John Haber, CEO of Spend Management Experts as saying “[w]e anticipate
How Will Amazon’s Recent Acquisition of ColisPrivé Affect FBA Sellers? Read More »
You asked for and and here it is. The ultimate of business building legal checklists. If you are even thinking about starting your own business, whether offline or online, on Amazon or Shopify, with a blog or offering professional services, then this is the checklist you need right now. Wondering what kind of business to
