Nearly every small business client or prospective client I have counseled has experienced the pain and annoyance of not getting paid on time (yes, even me). I am sure every small business owner hates looking at the aged invoices report and seeing lots of money...
Last week I delivered a short talk on Independent Contractors to the Real Estate Coffee Connection. Here is the slide deck for that presentation. 20151029 Independent Contractor Law Basics Please note, the presentation itself is copyrighted under the Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives 4.0 license....
Contracts form the backbone of all commercial activity. Every business has a contract with its clients. Some contracts are very basic, such as retail establishments: The business will give you X when you pay $Y. That is a form of contract-just a largely unwritten contract. Other...
Over the weekend, my family and I went to Red Robin (Yummmm!) for a meal. Having not been to the restaurant in a while, we were suprised to see a "Ziosk" on the table. The Ziosk is essentially a tablet that lets customers play games...
At my BNI meeting yesterday, I presented a "positive" quote to close the meeting, a feature of the meeting's agenda. Because the concept of failure has been on my mind of late, I provided this quote attributed to William Shakespeare: "Our doubts are traitors, and make...
This is a book report of sorts, not a review so much as a collection of thoughts from a book I just finished reading entitled Conversations with Major Dick Winters: Life Lessons from the Commander of Band of Brothers by Col.(ret.) Cole C. Kingseed. Kingseed...
Do you have a license for that music in your store? Business owners often go to great lengths to create a pleasant and appropriate environment for their customers. Many often use music to complement the visual and sometimes olfactory experience. For other businesses, like bars and...
In Frederick, Maryland, where I live, there are a number of downtown shops that are dog friendly, assuming the animal is well behaved and leashed. Not all businesses are dog friendly, but many are. In fact, my office away from the office, Cowork Frederick, has...