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I 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.
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 MoreAs any good author, copyrighter, or PR guru will tell you…words matter. And when they have legal meaning attached? Then they really matter. A single word in a paragraph can change the entire meaning of the provision-aka, it can determine who gets paid in a dispute, and who doesn’t.
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.