Unf*ck Your Biz With Braden

On today’s episode of the podcast, I’m breaking down my April profit report and sharing something kind of scary.  Before we dive in, I want to announce that I am bringing back my Unf*ck Your Biz course and launching it during my masterclass next week where I’ll be teaching you the most common tax and legal mistakes business owners make at every stage of business. Sign up at www.bradendrake.co...

On today's episode of the podcast, I'm discussing how I've updated the framework of my business and how it ties into the third edition of my book.  Get on the waitlist for Unf*ck Your Biz at notavglaw.com/waitlist . The class will start late May/early June so mark your calendars.  To give a few updates, I'm seeing my good friend Claire Pelletreau this weekend, I'm ordering some Drag Tax...

On today's episode of the podcast I'm discussing business insurance with my guest, Nicole Lucas.  I just started working with Nicole on my own insurance and wanted to bring her on the podcast to chat about insurance as an essential layer of legal protection.  Insurance is going to look different for every single business, even two different McDonald's locations. Insurance is necessary to...

On today’s episode of the podcast I’m sharing another rant on contractor compliance and misclassification. To recap from previous episodes, we’re talking about whether you can hire someone to be a contractor or whether they legally must be an employee. Remember, this is not a determination you legally get to make, the law decides that. Then you get to decide based on the law what you want people t...

On today's episode of the podcast I'm breaking down my March profit report and sharing my goals for April. I've been doing this for almost two years now because I don't think enough people are doing this in my opinion. I'm not trying to encourage everyone to have a policy of radical transparency, but I don't think enough people talk about this amongst their business friends. After all, bringing in...

On today's episode I'm giving a behind the scenes look at how I'm deciding if I want to bring back my signature program, Unf*ck Your Biz and what it means for Profit Rx.  Get on the waitlist for Unf*ck Your Biz at notavglaw.com/waitlist For the last two episodes we've been diving into heavy legal topics and this week we're pivoting to discuss some possible changes to my business moving forwar...

On today's episode we're going to talk about the scary topic of worker misclassification.  Back in January 2020 an official law went into effect in California that codified a California Supreme Court case that implemented a new test to determine if a worker is an employee or if they can be an independent contractor. If you're not in California, don't tune out because over half of the states i...

On today’s episode of the podcast I’m talking about how to handle copycats. This covers anyone who is copying your business ideas, website copy, course materials, general artistic vision and point of view, etc.  The more I’ve promoted my legal subscription, the more I’m seeing cases of copycats. To join the legal subscription visit notavglaw.com . Join by the end of March to become a founding...

On today's episode of the podcast I'm sharing tips on how to deal with clients who won't pay.  Don't forget - the law firm is officially open! Not Your Average Law Firm is here and we're here for you if you need your tax return completed, bookkeeping services, on-going legal support, contract work, help with trademark filing, and more. Click here to learn more about working with us .  To...

On today's episode of the podcast I'm diving into my February 2023 profit report and setting goals for March. I started these profit reports because I believe we need more transparency in numbers, not because anyone is entitled to know, but because I don't think money should be such a taboo topic and we shouldn't be afraid to share our goals and how much money we're spending. The purpose of the pr...

On today's episode of the podcast I am officially releasing all the details about the launch of my law firm 🥳 Launching my law firm has been a thought for quite a while but I made a firm decision to move forward with this in late fall of 2022 and then I got the ball rolling during my company's quiet weeks during the holiday week end of 2022. We did the branding in January and now today we are doi...

On today’s episode of the podcast I’m diving into tax preparation and what comes with hiring a tax pro. Don’t forget, Thursday, February 23, I’ll be hosting a launch party for my law firm at 9am PST/12pm EST. We’ll be sharing client horror stories and legal pickles you’ve experienced and we’ll dive into examples of how working with an attorney can help. Just in the past few weeks I’ve drafted some...

On today's episode of the podcast, I'm sharing a very exciting announcement and also spilling the tea on my recent trademark debacle and what to do if you find yourself on either side of an intellectual property situation. Two weeks from today I'm re-opening my law firm 🥳 My law firm has been closed for two years now and I've only taken one-on-one consultations in a limited capacity. In re-openin...

On today's episode of the podcast I'm diving into my January 2023 profit report. In lieu of a December profit report,I did my 2022 year in review. If you missed that, check out my recap with Claire Pelletreau here. These profit reports help me keep on top of my numbers as I prep and review them in order to record the episode. To quickly recap 2022, my big goals for the year were to have income con...

On today's episode of the podcast I do a deep dive into the personal side of my finances, my income allocations, my financial goals and how my business goals can make this happen.  Much like last week's episode with Claire Pelletreau , I'm sharing an interview in my podcast that I recorded for someone else's. Kristy has a podcast where she provides personal finance coachin...

On today's episode of the podcast I'm recapping my 2022 with the help of my friend, and guest host for the day, Claire Pelletreau.  I recently interviewed Claire in episode 264  about her year in review which was especially interesting because it also served as a one-year follow-up to see how her business had grown from when I had previously interviewed her in episode 204 about her...

On today's episode of the podcast I'm breaking down what you need to know about 1099s  including the way to determine if you need to send them, who gets them, and how to send them.  But first, a quick not. Now in my business we are now observing quiet weeks twice a year - Christmas time through New Year's and around July - to give myself and my employees a break from team...

On today's episode of the podcast I'm sharing my interview with Claire Pelletreau to discuss her year in review that was originally featured on Claire's  Get Paid Podcast.  I had Claire on my podcast last December to look at her 2021 year end review and kick off my profit and loss series where I've interviewed business owners to review their P&L numbers. Check out   Episode 204...

On today's episode of the podcast David Schwartz, Owner of Orion Entertainment, about his profit and loss for 2022 and how his business and finances have evolved since he started DJing professionally at 18.  David is located in the Seattle, Washington area and has been a DJ since he was 18. While he started DJing at frat parties, he always DJ-ed and looked for opportunities on campus and...

On today’s episode of the podcast I dig deep with Desiree Kelly, president and founder of The Makery Cake Co. into her bakery’s profit and loss. Desiree has a microbiology degree and got into cake decorating by offering to make her sister’s wedding cake with no experience (Desiree had only just made a cake for a BBQ that previous weekend). She took some cake decorating classes while getting her MB...

On today’s episode of the podcast I’m breaking down my November profit report and introducing my limited time offer to join Profit Rx. But first, some quick takeaways from my time at Wedding MBA. These may be helpful to you too if you attend live events. I need to bring more books. We brought 118 books, 15 of which went to Conference Confident attendee gift bags, and then remaining 103 were sold a...

On today's episode of the podcast we're creating your end of year game plan for getting the most out of your tax savings.  Don't forget, Tuesday, December 13, I'm hosting two free masterclasses titled "7 Legal & Tax Myths: Busting Through the B.S. That's Costing You Money" to help ease your nerves before tax season whether it's the end of year stress around bookkeeping, filing your L...

On today's bonus episode of the podcast I'm talking about the bullshit I see business owners paying for that you don't need to be.  Next Tuesday, December 13, I'm hosting two free masterclasses titled "7 Legal & Tax Myths: Busting Through the B.S. That's Costing You Money" to help ease your nerves before tax season whether it's the end of year stress around bookkeeping, filing  your...

On today's episode of the podcast I'm revisiting LLCs and business entities. If you're new to the podcast, or need a refresher on LLCs, I'm diving into my small business blueprint during this episode and I've created a timeline of past episodes (listed below) where I dive into specific aspects of LLCs. Be sure to download the copy of my Small Business Blueprint , included at the bottom of these sh...

On today's bonus episode of the podcast I'm sharing how to pay yourself based on your business structure. This episode is for you to get verification that you're paying yourself correctly, discover you're doing it incorrectly and learn how to change your system, or learn how to do it in the first place.  Always a bit surprised about this question, but when I think about it, it is confusing an...