In 2001, a group led by OJ Simpson trial attorney Robert Shapiro tried something new. An online site for average folks to inexpensively access legal documents, form a business or make a will. Today LegalZoom is apparently over a $100 million a year business, according...
Searching for talent in a relatively new or fast-growing company is not exactly the same as finding employees in, say a small retail store, or at the opposite extreme, a large company. The difference in a growing entrepreneurial company is that typically the business is either...
As my faithful blogees know, I have been a strong advocate for the changes to SEC Regulation A that are in the process of being finalized. Congress mandated that the SEC implement these changes as part of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act of...
Centenarian attorney Murray Shusterman Well this one's not a joke! It turns out there's a lawyer at the venerable Fox Rothschild, still going strong, at 101 years old! According to the ABA Journal, Murray Shusterman wants to keep working in his Philadelphia office, with no plans to...
If you are active in business this has probably happened to you at least once. As soon as you hit "send" on an email you realize it went to more people than you intended. If you are lucky it's innocent, if not then someone reads...
In a dramatic and accelerating trend, law school entering classes in the US in 2014 were down 11% from the prior year and 24% over the last 3 years alone. And the applications this year are down another 9%. This represents the smallest total number...
Hiring as a Female Boss Reality: for millions of years until about 40 years ago, men ruled stuff. They worked outside the home and women generally took care of the home and children. Women only earned the right to vote in the US in 1920. The...
My regular blogees know that each year, as mandated by Congress, the SEC holds a Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation. The result of each forum is a list of recommendations developed by the participants who range from business folks, professionals, academics and government...
Five of the last seven US Presidents. Bill Gates. Oprah. Babe Ruth. Einstein. Darwin. Paul McCartney. Prince William. Napoleon. DaVinci. Marie Curie. Artistotle. Jimi Hendrix. Actors from Dick Van Dyke to Kermit the Frog. John McEnroe and Monica Seles. Four of the 5 designers of...
I believe that much of what makes great entrepreneurs and business leaders is ingrained in their personality, whereas some can be learned. I have found in representing hundreds as attorney and advisor that one key trait of successful business owners is being a natural leader...