Want to bring a case but can't afford the lawyers? No problem. Chicago lawyer Michael Helfand has set up a crowdfunding site to help you raise money. You can find it at https://www.fundedjustice.com/en. It can be especially true for smaller cases, like workers compensation claims, where...
The inventor tinkers. The dreamer cogitates. The "light bulb" moments are exciting. I thought up something new! Both small and large innovations can be exciting whether it's the 3D printer or a cereal bowl with two levels, one for milk and the other for cereal...
Too many entrepreneurs downplay the importance of their team's morale and overall happiness. They forget that every employee of a growing company should have a plaque labeled "frenzied" on their desk. How do they feel about their job? Does it matter? It matters, especially if...
In some circles people view workaholism as a positive. You get a lot done. You are very committed and determined. Team members can rely on you to perform and be accessible. But being a hard worker is not the same as being a workaholic. Hard...
So many people dream of starting their own business. Slaving away in a miserable job with miserable bosses and miserable hours and being mistreated, underpaid and unappreciated fuels those thoughts. But entrepreneurship is not for everyone who is just sick of being employed. Here are...
I may open myself up here, but I have to admit that "shock jock" Howard Stern is one of my true business heroes. As I wrote in my latest book, The Entrepreneur's Growth Startup Handbook (John Wiley & Sons/Bloomberg Press), how Stern has built his brand and...
You may not have heard about this yet, but over the last few years close to 30 states (including Delaware, NY and California) and DC have approved and another dozen or so have introduced legislation to permit so-called "benefit corporations." The concept is that the...
There is a section of the US Securities and Exchange Commission's website titled, "Completed Initiatives of Interest to Small Business." Since 2008 there are only three items listed. Two were mandated by Dodd-Frank and the other by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act of...
According to Canada's Globe and Mail, the Canadian Bar Association has recommended allowing non-lawyers to be owners of law firms. England has allowed it since 2007, and Australia also has firms owned by non-lawyers. In fact three Australian law firms are publicly held companies. This is not...
