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• Category: 2-Minute Tips
  • Tisha’s Two-Minute Tips: Choosing the Right Business Entity – The “Baby” Analogy
  • Understanding Intellectual Property: Copyrights, Trademarks, and When to Register
  • Negotiating Your Commercial Lease: Why You Should Not Accept the First Offer
  • Why Running Your Business is Like Being on Star Trek
  • Tisha’s Two-Minute Tips: Employee vs Independent Contractor
  • Tisha’s Two-Minute Tips: Handshakes, Invoices, and the Law: Do You Really Need a Written Contract?
  • In Honor of Star Wars Day: Why You Shouldn’t Wait to Start Your Business
  • Tisha’s Two-Minute Tips: Funding Your Startup: Personal Equity vs. Loans
  • No More Willpower: How to Actually Stick to Your Resolutions and Business Goals
  • How Emojis as Legal Evidence Can Impact Your Business
  • From Bacon to Boardrooms: Fiduciary Duties & Smart Business Choices
  • Who Should Draft the MOU?
  • Close the Strategy Execution Gap: Why General Advice Isn’t Enough for Your Business
  • Holy Copyright, Batman! Is It a Copyright or a Trademark?
  • 2-Minute Tip: What Business Licenses And Permits Do You Need?
  • 2-Minute Tip: Texas Sexual Harassment Law Protection
  • 2-Minute Tip: A Question for You
  • 2-Minute Tip: Who Should Draft the MOU?
  • 2-Minute Tip: What’s the Difference Between a Contract and a MOU?
  • 2-Minute Tip: Court or Arbitration – Which is Better?
  • 2-Minute Tip: Closing the Strategy Execution Gap
  • 2-Minute Tip: Escaping the Hamster Wheel of Your Life
  • 2-Minute Tip: The Importance of Taking Small Steps
  • 2-Minute Tip: Happy Lunar New Year
  • 2-Minute Tip: Should You Be an LLC or a 501(c)(3)?
  • 2-Minute Tip: Special Invitation (time-sensitive)
  • 2-Minute Tip: Important Announcement for New Veteran Owned Businesses
  • 2-Minute Tip: How To Guarantee Payments In The Face Of Uncertainty
  • 2-Minute Tip: Breakthrough Overwhelm and Decision Fatigue with a Legal Contract
  • 2-Minute Tip: Ready & Resilient
  • 2-Minute Tip: Sexual Harassment Liability for ALL Texas Employers effective 9/1/2021
  • 2-Minute Tip: Should You Get Insurance for Your Business?
  • 2-Minute Tip: Did You Pick the Right Legal Entity?
  • 2-Minute Tip: How Severance Agreements Are Like Baseball
  • 2-Minute Tip: What to Keep and When to Shred
  • 2-Minute Tip: The $535 Million Business “Dating” Mistake
  • 2-Minute Tip: Happy Chinese New Year
  • 2-Minute Tip: The Biggest Myth About LOIs and MOUs
  • 2-Minute Tip: How to Do Business During a Government Shutdown
  • 2-Minute Tip: How Parallel Parking is a Parallel to Your Business
  • 2-Minute Tip: What If Your State Doesn’t Recognize B-Corps
  • 2-Minute Tip: A Special Gift For You
  • 2-Minute Tip: College Entrepreneurs and Gas
  • 2-Minute Tip: How to Create the Perfect Arbitration Clause (and why you may not want it)
  • 2-Minute Tip: Why You Shouldn’t Pay for a Registered Agent
  • 2-Minute Tip: Building Your Business Credit
  • 2-Minute Tip: Which is Best: LLC or S Corp?
  • 2-Minute Tip: Why Lawyers Are So Expensive
  • 2-Minute Tip: Do These Jeans Make Me Look Fat?
  • 2-Minute Tip: It Only Takes 10 Seconds to Protect Yourself from Credit Fraud
  • 2-Minute Tip: Is Your Customer List a Trade Secret?
  • 2-Minute Tip: How to Get Free Help For Your Business
  • 2-Minute Tip: What To Do After You Made a Six Figure Mistake
  • 2-Minute Tip: Using Text Messages to Win Your Court Case
  • 2-Minute Tip: Business Sues Customers for One-Star Yelp Review
  • 2-Minute Tip: $105 Million Judgment Against Business For Improper Internet Sales
  • 2-Minute Tip: How do I Sue Thee? Let Me Count the Ways.
  • 2-Minute Tip: New Year’s Resolution Reset
  • 2-Minute Tip: Corporate Compliance Scam – Don’t Fall for It
  • 2-Minute Tip: Durable Power of Attorney
  • 2-Minute Tip: Blog Law
  • 2-Minute Tip: How to Know If Your Business Needs A Copyright or A Trademark
  • 2-Minute Tip: Labor Law Compliance Scam (Updated) – Don’t Fall for It
  • 2-Minute Tip: Attorney Client Privilege
  • 2-Minute Tip: A Post 4th of July Message
  • 2-Minute Tip: Sweepstakes Could Cost You More than the Prize Money
  • 2-Minute Tip: Taking Your Business to the Next Level
  • 2-Minute Tip: Want To Sue Your Credit Card Company?
  • 2-Minute Tip: Is Your Customer List a Trade Secret?
  • 2-Minute Tip: Essential Advice for Trade Secret Protection
  • 2-Minute Tip: Valuable Trade Secrets, Have Them You Do
  • 2-Minute Tip: How One Unhappy Momma Unearthed Proflowers’ Bad Website Terms & Conditions
  • 2-Minute Tip: Native Advertising: Shrewd Marketing or Deceptive Practice?
  • 2-Minute Tip: 2.9 Million Reasons Your Business Makes the World Better
  • 2-Minute Tip: Hotel hoarding or complimentary collection? You decide.
  • 2-Minute Tip: Data Privacy
  • 2-Minute Tip: McDonald’s Distasteful Defense
  • 2-Minute Tip: Intergalactic Releases
  • 2 Minute Tip: Travel Expense – What Can You Deduct?
  • 2-Minute Video Tip: Default Foods
  • 2-Minute Video Tip: Imperfect Action
  • 2-Minute Video Tip: E-commerce
  • How Entrepreneurs are Like Star Trek Captains
• Category: Business
  • Limits on Political Activities for Nonprofits – What You Need to Know
  • The Next Time You Ask for a Coke Be Sure To Say a Little Thank You to a Couple of Sneaky Lawyers
  • Birthday Freebies Are Like Internet Legal Forms
  • Picking Your Business Structure is Easier Than You Think
  • Business Alert: No CTA Penalties
  • The Legal Implications of Implied Partnerships
  • Copying Is Wrong If It Has a Copyright
  • What Happens When It’s Time to Close Your Business
  • When a Business Offer or Coaching Program Is a Scam
  • Trademark War of the Roses…and Beer…and Horses
  • Why and How To Do a Texas Series LLC
  • How To Pick a Good (and Legal) Business Name
  • Protecting Your Business with Terms and Conditions
  • Corporate Law: Why Corporations Are Like Hot Dogs
  • Don’t Let Your Corporate Protection Melt Away
  • Contract Disputes and Watermelons
  • Some Things Don’t Mix – Like Food Courts and Diamonds
  • Entrepreneurs Lost $1 Million in Legal Fees But Are the Real Winners
  • What You Need to Know About Asset Protection and Texas Series LLC
  • If You Can’t Tell If It’s a Parody . . . It’s Not
  • Don’t Let Your LLC Protection Disappear Into Thin Air
  • What Do You Tip For a Kidney?
  • Benefit Corporations- Eat More Ice Cream and Save the World
  • A Case of Employment Law With Some Serious Bite To It
  • The Blame the Bean Defense Doesn’t Work
  • Attorney Client Privilege: I’m Your Lawyer – Not Your Judge
  • Why Starting an LLC is Like Throwing a BBQ
  • Something Special for all the “Momtrepreneurs”
  • Protecting Your Trademarks Can Be a Life Saver
  • Naming Your Business: What the Fluff Should You Call It?
  • CAN-SPAM and Canned Spam
  • Bound By Arbitration? Do You Know What It Means?
  • Document Retention Guidelines: What Every Business Needs to Know
  • Self-Audits Can Save You Thousands
  • Protecting Your Business from Tax Scams
  • Texas Business Licenses & Permits Guide (2026-2027)
  • What’s More Important: The Product or the Package?
  • Valentine’s Season Is a Good Time to Think About Protecting Your Company with a Love Contract
  • Bite Size Answers to Cocktail Party Legal Questions
  • Holiday Cheers Without Legal Fears
  • Can You Deduct Your Turkey Day Travel Expenses?
  • Faux Employees & Tofurkey – No Substitute for The Real Thing
  • You’re About to Enter the Cranberry Zone
  • Why the P in IPO Could Stand for Parmesan
  • How Halloween Candy Could Affect Your Commercial Lease
  • Start-up Business Checklist: How to Set Up Your LLC/Corporation to Maximize Legal Protection
  • Striking Out By Not Upholding Your Fiduciary Duties
  • Default Judgment – Hiding From a Lawsuit Doesn’t Make It Go Away
  • Save Your Money by Being on the Lookout for This Lemon!
  • Stay Away From Popcorn at the Movies? Resistance Is Futile!
  • What Dining Aldesco Means For Your Business
  • Why Is LegalZoom Like a Tomato?
  • Social Purpose Corporations: A Recipe for a New Type of American Corporation
  • Should I separate my business ideas into different companies?
  • Navigating the Tax Landscape: A Quick Look at LLC Tax Options
  • Abundance and Generosity Can Coexist—Let’s Build a Future of “And”
  • Understanding Texas Business Courts: A Specialized Forum for Complex Commercial Disputes
  • The $1,000 Tap: Why Smart Businesses Don’t Flinch at High Attorney Fees
  • The Conflict of Interest Trap: Why the Nonprofit + LLC Model Falls Short
  • Can a Social Enterprise or Nonprofit Include Attorneys’ Fees in a Grant Proposal? Yes—Here’s How and Why
  • SPC vs. PBC in Texas: Which One’s Right for Your Social Enterprise?
  • Texas Business Licenses & Permits Guide (2024-2025)
  • Business Alert: FinCEN Revises BOI Reporting Requirements!
  • What to Look for When Hiring an Attorney
  • Are tariffs affecting your business?
  • Changing the Guard: How to Transition Ownership of Your Social Enterprise
  • Business Alert: Update on the Corporate Transparency Act
  • Hope as a Warrior Emotion
  • Business Alert: Injunction on the Corporate Transparency Act
  • How to Stay Focused During These Uncertain Times
  • Are You Ready To Be a Part of Changing Business Law?
  • Business Alert: Look Out for This SAM Scam
  • Business Alert: Corporate Transparency Act Update
  • Are You Ready To Be a Part of Changing Business Law?
  • Want a Little More Prosperity for 2022?
  • 5th Annual #SBDCDay
  • Making it Easier for You to Step Up and Make the World a Better Place
  • The Secret of Tootsie Roll’s Business Success (and How You Can Do It Too)
  • Something Special for all the “Momtrepreneurs” (Mom Entrepreneurs)
  • Introducing the RISE Program
  • Incentives for Military Veteran-Owned Businesses
  • Be Thankful You Didn’t Text This
  • 3 Ways to Protect Yourself After the Equifax Data Breach
  • Find Out if You’ve Been Affected by the Equifax Security Breach
  • Little Known Ways to Business Success
  • How to Search Trademarks for Free
  • Just in case you bought something from Proflowers yesterday. . .
  • How a Good Intention Caused Liability
  • The Secret of Tootsie Roll’s Business Success (and How You Can Do It Too)
  • Imperfect Action and Starting Your Own Business
  • 2-Minute Tip: Return of Entrepreneur’s Legal Digest
  • Why I Didn’t Buy a Ticket to Win the $1.5 Billion Powerball Lottery
  • Don’t Let Your Commercial Lease Leave a Sour Taste In Your Mouth
  • End of Life Documents: Getting Everything Where You Want It To Go
  • What Dr. Seuss Taught Us About Sales
  • How Failure Is The First Step Toward Success
  • Join Us Feb. 16th For Blog Law
  • Blog Law: Avoid Legal Troubles with Your Blog
  • Troubleshoot Your Start Up Business Questions
  • Employer Liable $752,000 for a Mosquito Bite
  • What You Have in Common with McDonald’s and Starbucks
  • Peep Art: Pop Culture or Product Liability
  • Social Purpose Corporation: Stop Being Busy and Start Doing What You Love!
  • If You Can’t Tell If It’s a Parody . . . It’s Not
  • Chick-O-Stick’s Default Judgment: Empty Calories or Sweet Reward?
  • Dining Aldesco: Break time or Overtime
  • Finding Answers to the FAQs of Growing Businesses
  • A Case of Employment Law With Some Serious Bite To It
  • And Now a Word from Our Sponsor . . .
  • What’s Good for the Goose Is Bad for the Turkey
  • Why the P in IPO Could Stand for Parmesan
  • The Skittles Effect: Good Faith and Fair Dealings
  • Government Contracts: How Tootsie Rolls Helped us Win World War II
  • Bobbing for profits and brand protection: What’s the value of your brand?
  • Social Purpose Corporations: A Recipe for a New Type of American Corporation
  • Don’t Let Your LLC Protection Disappear Into Thin Air
  • Entrepreneurs Make the World a Spicier Place
  • Brand Acquisition: How Twinkies Have Risen From the Grave
  • Update on Patents and Chocolate Chip Cookies
  • Potentially Lethal Legal Combinations in Contracts
  • What Patents Have to Do with Chocolate Chips
  • Creating Legal Partnerships
  • Exploring The Forgotten Zones
  • Why Easter Eggs Are Like The Series LLC
  • Why You Don’t Have to Go to the Pharmacy for Thin Mints
  • Cash Awards for Claims from Hispanic or Female Farmers
  • PB and J with a Side of Tax Deductions
  • What’s Your New Year’s Good Luck Tradition?
  • Are You Purchasing an Asset or an Overpriced Snack?
  • Why Your Lawyer is the Mikey of Legal Apps
  • Nutmeg, the iPhone of the 1600’s, Is Still Making Law Today
  • Why Acquiring Brands Like Twinkies is Better Than Hording Them
  • Why Your Trademark’s Sound is as Important as Its Looks
  • How is your business like two of the most recognized brands in the world?
  • How Halloween Candy Could Affect Your Commercial Lease
  • How to Get an EIN for FREE in Only 5 Minutes
  • What You Need to Know About Asset Protection and Texas Series LLC
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• Category: Food
• Category: General
  • CDFI Friendly Fort Worth Launches New 0% Interest Loan Program for Small Businesses
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• Category: Legal Explanations
  • Is Your Contract Legally Binding? Are You Sure?
  • Durable Power of Attorney Promotion
• Category: Money
• Category: Pop Culture
• Category: Scam Alerts
  • How to Tell If a Government Grant Offer Is a Scam or Legitimate Smart Guidance for Nonprofits
• Category: Social Good
  • Texas A&M Law Launches Groundbreaking Program for Social Entrepreneurs, Backed by Texas Bar Foundation Grant
• Category: Texas Law
• Category: Veterans
  • Emergency Rules Announced for Revamped Texas VetHUB Program