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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 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 MoreYou originally picked up a calligraphy pen for a creative outlet and never put it down. Friends and family start noticing, and inquiries are starting to trickle in. You realize you really can do this: pursue your creative passion and maybe start a little business in the process. You’ve caught the entrepreneur bug, and you can’t wait to get started.
Read MoreFor today’s topic, I wanted to discuss an issue that came up when I was talking to a couple of creatives at our last Rising Tide Society meeting. An issue had arisen recently when a client had wanted them to sign an NDA, or a nondisclosure agreement, and they were not sure if they should sign it or not.
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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.