Freedom Friday Blog

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to discuss another issue related to last week's topic.  Last week I answered, “What is the difference between an employee and an independent contractor?”  In this week's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about something that relates to...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to discuss an issue related to the topics from the last two weeks.  In last week's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I talked about how to fire an employee in your small business.  The week before I talked about hiring your...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to discuss an issue related to last week's topic.  In last week's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I answered the question, “Help!  How Can I Hire My First Employee?”  In this week's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to discuss an issue that came up in a consultation I was having with a prospective client this week.  I was meeting with a growing small business owner, and he was asking about possibly hiring his first employee.  So, in today's Freedom...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to answer a question that I am NOT often asked, but I wish I were asked more often, and that question is, “How can my small business avoid a lawsuit?”  As a small business owner there are several different kinds of lawsuits...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to answer a question that I am NOT often asked, but I wish I were asked more often, and that question is, “How can a business attorney save my small business money?”  Most people think that hiring a lawyer can be expensive,...

Recently a prospective client sent me a contract for me to review, and he said in his email, “Boilerplate, isn't it, nothing wrong with that?”  Or something like that.  Many contracts are “boilerplate” contracts, which means they are a standard form for the goods, or the services being offered in the contract. ...

Earlier this week I attended the Oklahoma 2nd Amendment Association meeting, and Don Spencer, their President, asked me to come up and speak about a matter.  This was totally impromptu, but I obliged.  After the meeting, a nice lady came up to me, and we talked about how she was interested in...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about a topic that comes up frequently with prospective clients who want to start a new business, or who want to restructure their small business, especially if they are using an LLC business structure, and that is “Why does my...

In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to answer a question I get asked from a lot of new small business owners, especially when they are starting a small business with a partner, and that question is “Why does my small business need a buy-sell agreement?”  This is an...

The month of May is Small Business Month, and so all during this month in the Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter I want to answer questions which will help you succeed as a small business owner.  In today's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to answer the question, “How...

In this week's Freedom Friday blog and email newsletter, I want to talk about another topic that comes up with prospective clients who are interested in starting a new business, and that's getting an EIN.  The question is always asked, “What's an EIN?”  EIN, or more specifically, FEIN, is your business's federal...