A limited liability company (LLC) is a business entity that provides enhanced liability protection for the business owner, and the tax benefit of a partnership. Your LLC is created and governed by your specific state’s law, and it can have one owner or multiple owners.
Read MoreAs creatives, we are trained to look for beauty, glitzy, attention-catching, but when business and creativity overlap, you can never fall for the illusion that shiny marketing can sometimes create: shiny doesn’t always mean real. If you want to build a solid foundation for your business and operate it successfully, every business owner needs three “advisors” on their “team”: the best accountant, the best lawyer, and the best advisor you can find.
Read MoreWhen I started my business, I knew that I wanted to establish an ongoing relationship with a charity that I knew not only aligned with my business and personal values and ethics but also with my primary objective of creating a business that leaves a legacy.
Read MoreI officially launched The Creative Law Shop at the end of 2017. Since then, many friends, clients, customers and peers have asked me “What is the “Shop”; “Why did you start it” “weren’t you complaining about being too busy already?” And because the answer to the latter has been (and continues to be) an affirmative yes, I realized I never fully explained why the Shop was created.
Read MoreNew business owners looking to replace their previous “corporate” income, or those who want their business stick around for the foreseeable future: listen up.
Read MoreI like to think that I can really relate to my clients, and they recognize that. After all, I’m not just a small business lawyer- there’s plenty of those around. I can relate to my clients because I can not only talk the talk, but have walked the walk: I spent 2016 and most of 2017 running a calligraphy business after I’d get home from my job as a full-time litigator at a law firm.
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If you have a creative passion or hobby, odds are, you’ve likely considered seeing if you could turn a profit from it at least a time or two. And it’s worth the consideration- neither this business, nor Paige Hulse Law would have come into existence.