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6 Mistakes Creatives Make That Lead To Client Conflicts (And How To Fix Them Now)
Avoid burnout, get paid on time, and build a business that actually works for you If you run a creative business, you’ve probably blamed a client (or five) for a stressful project. But here’s the...
Setting Boundaries With Clients: Powerful Scripts, Systems, and Success Strategies
Setting boundaries with clients is one of the most powerful ways to protect your energy, time, and business. If you’ve ever felt drained, disrespected, or unsure how to refuse a client request, you’re not alone...
AI & Copyright: What Creators Need to Know Right Now
AI is writing books, composing music, and designing logos. It’s also raising many legal questions. This new creative frontier is exciting, but it’s also confusing. Creatives are navigating uncertainty around ownership, contracts, and what the...
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California Automatic Renewal Law Could Make You Give All Your Money Back To Your Customers
Imagine this: you have built a successful business based on subscriptions (like many startups and business), but now you are sued under the California automatic renewal law. Never heard of it? You’re not alone, and it’s a killer. Among other penalties, you could be...
Copyright Protection for Useful Articles
Many creative businesses seek copyright protection for useful articles. By “useful articles”, we are talking about things like: clothes, furniture, candlesticks, baseball bats, blenders, doors, etc. But people are often dismayed to find out that useful articles are...
Patent License Agreements: Why and How
It’s not unlikely that an inventor will eventually come across the topic of patent license agreements. Patent license agreements are commonly used to help develop and commercialize patented items and can be a great source of revenue for the patent owner, spurring...
Startups and Lawsuits
Venture capitalist Mark Suster recently wrote a great post on startups and lawsuits (and the logic can apply to businesses that aren’t traditionally considered “startups”) and since thrust of his post seems to be about how to keep startups out of court, I wanted to...
