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As one of the Top 20 Business Law Podcasts to listen to , call 760-784-9109 or email me from our contact page if you have a question. We’ll answer it on the show! There’s so much confusion about whether you should start an LLC or a corporation. Or maybe you just don’t know which type of business entity you should use. Today I’m going to clear this up for you. Do you still have a question? Consider...

As one of the Top 20 Business Law Podcasts to listen to , call 760-784-9109 or email me from our contact page if you have a question. We’ll answer it on the show! Peggy Lebo, the founder of the True Voice Method, works with podcasters, speakers, and singers to help them find and free their true voice so they can become a voice of influence to inspire others and attract their ideal clients. Peggy s...

As one of the Top 20 Business Law Podcasts to listen to , call 760-784-9109 or email me from our contact page if you have a question. We’ll answer it on the show! Remember when you were a kid and you did “pinky swear?” You would pinky swear with your best friend to share your chocolates, promise to go see a movie together or keep a secret. Now that we're grown up, we don't actually use the word pi...

As one of the Top 20 Business Law Podcasts to listen to , call 760-784-9109 or email me from our contact page if you have a question. We’ll answer it on the show! Today I have the pleasure of interviewing Bill Kenney, a serial entrepreneur who has founded eight companies. His current company MEET & Soft Land Partners is a global consortium of professionals and organizations that specialize in help...

As one of the Top 20 Business Law Podcasts to listen to , call 760-784-9109 or email me from our contact page if you have a question. We’ll answer it on the show! So with the new year, obviously comes new laws and today Kelly’s sidebar is going to be about the minimum wage law, especially in California. Everybody knows that California is one of the toughest states to do business in. But if you hav...

As one of the Top 20 Business Law Podcasts to listen to , call 760-784-9109 or email me from our contact page if you have a question. We’ll answer it on the show! Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing Mike Slater. He's a public personality who speaks on American values, an author, and a fellow entrepreneur. He is the host of “ The Mike Slater Show ” each weekday on AM 760 in San Diego and " T...

As one of the Top 20 Business Law Podcasts to listen to , call 760-784-9109 or email me from our contact page if you have a question. We’ll answer it on the show! It's time for me to bring you another sidebar. Today we are going to be talking about how to stay compliant with the law. So what do I mean by that and why would anybody want to incorporate their business? Answer… to protect your persona...

As one of the Top 20 Business Law Podcasts to listen to , call 760-784-9109 or email me from our contact page if you have a question. We’ll answer it on the show! How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time, which is how we’re addressing marketing today with my guest Josh Elledge from Up My Influence.  Josh says for speaking engagements, “Be insanely authentic and ask yourself ‘How can I delive...

As one of the Top 20 Business Law Podcasts to listen to , call 760-784-9109 or email me from our contact page if you have a question. We’ll answer it on the show! I hope you are doing wonderful. I had a fantastic week! The last time we left off on the sidebar, I was talking to you about starting your business and the first thing that you need to do in the startup phase: choose a legal entity so yo...

As one of the Top 20 Business Law Podcasts to listen to , call 760-784-9109 or email me from our contact page if you have a question. We’ll answer it on the show! Today I have the pleasure of interviewing Frank Agin. Frank is the president of AmSpirit Business Connections , a qualified referrals business.  People do business with people they like, and trust. But where do you find people where this...

As one of the Top 20 Business Law Podcasts to listen to , call 760-784-9109 or email me from our contact page if you have a question. We’ll answer it on the show! The last sidebar we left off with was where I provided you with a pretty good definition of what a startup is. Now, what do you need to do in order to actually start your business on the right legal foot? Well, you have options. You actu...

As one of the Top 20 Business Law Podcasts to listen to , call 760-784-9109 or email me from our contact page if you have a question. We’ll answer it on the show! Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Robyn Koenig, the owner of Robyn Koenig Coaching & Consulting who is a coach, a speaker, and also a fellow podcaster on her channel Rare Find Voices podcast. Robyn could be a resource for my clien...

As one of the Top 20 Business Law Podcasts to listen to , call 760-784-9109 or email me from our contact page if you have a question. We’ll answer it on the show! My sidebar today is going to be about the first phase of your Business Legal Life Cycle, the Startup Phase. Here are a few quotes I want to share with you, which I think are so perfect when it comes to explaining what a Startup is. A bus...

As one of the Top 20 Business Law Podcasts to listen to , call 760-784-9109 or email me from our contact page if you have a question. We’ll answer it on the show! I loved my time at BNI in San Diego and today I have the pleasure of having a conversation with the Executive Director of BNI San Diego, Ed Wilson. BNI (Business Network International) is an International Global Organization that on Janu...

As one of the Top 20 Business Law Podcasts to listen to , call 760-784-9109 or email me from our contact page if you have a question. We’ll answer it on the show! Here’s another sidebar for you. The last time we left off, I was talking to you about how running a business is very similar to playing chess. Well, today I want to talk to you about the Business Legal Lifecycle. You may have heard that...

As one of the Top 20 Business Law Podcasts to listen to , call 760-784-9109 or email me from our contact page if you have a question. We’ll answer it on the show! For most people, the thought of writing a book as a way to promote their business can seem like a daunting undertaking. In this episode, award-winning author, Kat Drennan breaks down the steps involved:  from the initial concept to the e...

As one of the Top 20 Business Law Podcasts to listen to , call 760-784-9109 or email me from our contact page if you have a question. We’ll answer it on the show! I'm bringing this sidebar to you today because I wanted to share with you how business is so similar to the game of chess. If you get a chance to read any basic literature about chess, the simplest definition you will find is that it is...

As one of the Top 20 Business Law Podcasts to listen to , call 760-784-9109 or email me from our contact page if you have a question. We’ll answer it on the show! When it comes to pitching business reporters, Falk says you have to think like one of them. “The reporter is thinking, ‘What does my audience care about?’ Whether it's readers or listeners or viewers, what they care about is saving time,...

Call 760-784-9109 or leave us an audio message from our website and we’ll answer it on the show!  When disaster strikes — jobs are lost, businesses go under, careers stall — some brave entrepreneurial souls seize the opportunity to start their own new enterprises. So it was after the 2008 crash, which is when the Queen of Business Law boldly started her private practice. And so it is and shall be...

Call 760-784-9109 or email me from our contact page if you have a question. We’ll answer it on the show!  My guest is Dave Bone, CEO of San Diego Flooring Pros. Dave is a third-generation flooring pro. For years he worked in his family business in his home town, then for other companies in San Diego, and finally decided to go into business himself.  He knew everything there was to know about selli...

Call 760-784-9109 or email me from our contact page if you have a question. We’ll answer it on the show!  Many small business owners are great with ideas and execution for the products or services they provide, but maybe not so expert on the equally important financial and operational sides of things. That’s because managing a business is complex, and usually requires a separate mindset and skills...

Call 760-784-9109 or email me from our contact page if you have a question. We’ll answer it on the show!  My guest is Joe Molina, an ex-military man who’s the founder and Executive Director of the Veterans Chamber of Commerce.  Joe’s advocates “servant leadership,” an approach to citizenship that applies both to the volunteer military and civilian life.  His clientele includes vets, active duty mi...

Call 760-784-9109 or email me from our contact page if you have a question. We’ll answer it on the show!  Hello everyone: I'd like to start bringing to you some timely topics. And so we're going to start calling them sidebars, also known as bonus episodes. So this very first sidebar episode has to do with COVID-19 liability waiver forms, which you can pick up for free off my website. Please go to...

Call 760-784-9109 or email me from our contact page if you have a question. We’ll answer it on the show!  My guest is Jesse Morgan, an inventor, and manufacturer who helps other inventors take their ideas to market. After a near-fatal car accident, Jesse invented The Extractor Tool, for cutting yourself free of a seatbelt and smashing open the car window.   He also invented the Ortho-O-Grip, which...

Call 760-784-9109 or email me from our contact page if you have a question. We’ll answer it on the show!  Today I have the pleasure of interviewing Alexandra Renee Poelstra, the CEO at ALL MAVEN, a full-service branding and digital marketing agency. You’re probably asking yourself, “what’s a maven?” Alex tells her story and how she became known as “the maven.” Like many young people starting out i...