Category: Contracts

The Top 6 Legal Mistakes Startups Make

May 27, 2015
The truth is, it’s always easier and cheaper to prevent than to cure an issue, especially a legal one. If you take the right steps, you can prevent legal hassles and save a lot of money. To help get started, I’m going to share with you a pattern of common...
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Author & Online Entrepreneur: oh crap!

May 13, 2015
Meet This Month’s Hot Entrepreneur! Meet Jamie Glowacki, an impressive business owner and now widely known published author. Jamie came to Gouchev Law for intellectual property protection. Things were moving at such high-speed in her business, that we dove right...
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Marketing Agency: Your Hot Copy

March 23, 2015
Meet This Month’s Hot Entrepreneur! Meet Jamie Jensen, a boss entrepreneur and an extremely talented copywriter and founder of Your Hot Copy. Before we started working together, Jamie had been contemplating whether she should make the investment in a lawyer....
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10 Must Haves in an LLC Operating Agreement

March 11, 2015
Every LLC should have an operating agreement, but because there’s typically no filing requirement for this document, many companies use a cookie cutter contract and just fill in the blanks. That’s one of the riskiest things you could do, especially if your LLC has...
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The Right Time Your Business Should Invest in a Lawyer

February 24, 2015
After tons of questions on this topic, I’ve decided to talk about the best time a business should invest in a lawyer, and how to save money where possible. Costs Versus Return Startups struggle deciding whether to spend on legal services because these services...
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Get the Upperhand on Licensing, Partnerships and Joint Ventures

December 2, 2014
In today’s market you may be able to get an edge over the competition if you can find a way to profit from your intellectual property or someone else’s through licenses and partnerships. In a typical licensing agreement, the licensor grants the licensee the right to...
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