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Entrepreneur 101 Legal Basics w/ My Attorney

2023/9/25
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Greg Christiansen: 本集讨论了企业家在创业过程中常见的法律问题，强调了在创业初期建立良好法律基础的重要性。这包括选择合适的商业结构（例如LLC或控股公司），以保护个人资产并降低税务风险；制定清晰的合同，以明确双方责任和期望，减少纠纷；维护良好的客户关系，以避免不必要的投诉和诉讼；以及在营销中保持诚信，避免夸大宣传或做出无法实现的承诺。他还建议企业家不要害怕法律，积极学习并寻求专业帮助，以应对各种法律挑战。 Greg Christiansen还分享了处理客户投诉和纠纷的经验，建议企业家根据具体情况采取相应的措施，对于个别投诉，可以尝试解决问题；对于群体性投诉，则需要反思自身业务是否存在问题。他还强调了诚实和透明的重要性，建议企业家对自身错误负责，并积极与客户沟通解决问题。 此外，Greg Christiansen还讨论了雇佣员工和承包商的法律问题，建议企业家明确员工和承包商的身份，并签订相应的协议，以保护企业利益。他还建议在合同中加入集体诉讼放弃条款，以避免集体诉讼风险。 最后，Greg Christiansen还介绍了资产保护策略，建议企业家使用控股公司来隔离风险，避免个人资产受到牵连。 Rudy Mawer: Rudy Mawer分享了他作为企业家在发展过程中遇到的法律挑战，以及他如何通过与律师合作来解决这些问题。他强调了及早关注法律问题的重要性，并指出忽视法律问题可能会导致严重的财务损失和法律纠纷。他还分享了他从经验中吸取的教训，例如在大型交易中使用定制的合同，以确保自身利益得到充分保护。

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This chapter discusses the importance of having a solid legal foundation for your business, including understanding the type of industry you're engaged in, setting up the right business structure, and ensuring you have the necessary agreements and manuals in place.

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How is your business set up from a legal perspective? As an entrepreneur are you too focused on making money, and not spending enough time protecting it? What legal hassles could you avoid if you were just a little bit more proactive?

Rudy sets out to answer these questions for us today by drawing on the experience of his attorney, Greg Christiansen. Greg has been an attorney for decades now, and has seen his fair share of problems arise over the years with online marketing, disgruntled clients, and contractual disputes.

As we've come to appreciate with Rudy, he's heading off those problems at the pass for us by letting us ride shotgun with his legal eagle while he picks his brain on how to structure* your *business and protect your assets. 

Together they're also offering priceless insights on employee contracts, when you should worry about the FTC, and how not to be intimated by the law when you're just starting out. 

Maverick businessmen need their legal eagle wingman and it's great to be privy to some of Greg's wisdom in today's awesome episode of Living The Red Life. 

Contracts, if they're good, set expectations and provide clarity! Thank you Rudy, thank you Greg. Come and get it guys!

“The best advice I can give to anybody out there: have integrity in your marketing practices.” ~ Greg Christiansen

In This Episode:

  • How to get a good legal 'base' and the right foundation for your business structure
  • The importance of fulfilling your promise from a marketing perspective
  • Why entrepreneurs get initimated by the law early on 
  • Are you too small for the FTC to worry about you? 
  • Why 'happy clients make your world go round'
  • Red hot legal advice for staff hiring 
  • The value of a good, clear dispute resolution process
  • Understanding asset protection through holding companies

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