What are some aspects of being a human in a small business ecosystem?
Looking at the big picture in our annual review, Elizabeth and I came to understand five lessons. These topics go… Read More
We are celebrating six years in business! Check out the 5 evergreen practices we revealed on our 5th birthday: self-awareness, core values, compatibility/client fit, systems, and experiment… Read More
To keep your small business budget light and clutter-free, minimize your software overhead!
Auditing Your Small Business Budget
The boom of subscription-based Software as a Service (SaaS) i… Read More
This is our 16th Client Spotlight, where we share interesting facts and stories about our entrepreneurial clients.
Be sure to check out our previous spotlight and learn about Dr. Ming… Read More
Are there only a few specific small business personality types?
Of course not. There are many personality types that can be successful.
Knowing your personality preferences and hono… Read More
This is our 15th Client Spotlight, where we share interesting facts and stories about our entrepreneurial clients. Be sure to check out our previous spotlight and learn about Kim Everett, O… Read More
Have you thought of creating a digital lifestyle business to get out of the office & on the road?
The Wall Street Journal featured our founder Elizabeth Potts Weinstein in How to Build… Read More
Would you like to get more referrals for your small business? Most businesses are looking to grow or to sustain a comfortable mix of long-term and new relationships over time.
Like many bu… Read More
This is our 14th Client Spotlight, where we share interesting facts and stories about our entrepreneurial clients. Be sure to check out our previous spotlight and learn about Wendy Wit… Read More
The global market is growing every day.
Whether you want to tap into the increasing demand for goods and services or launch yourself into the world as an international small business owner… Read More
Five years ago, Elizabeth Potts Weinstein set out to start a remote small business to help small business owners like herself and to fit her lifestyle.
Check out Elizabeth’s feature… Read More
It’s an exciting time for our business to celebrate and reflect on strategies for success!
As we looked back on the last five years, Erika, Katie, and I discussed what we have learne… Read More
Like many of you, I’ve taken a number of MBTI tests in my life. Most of these were the free online versions—you know, the ones where you answer 50 questions and you are told you… Read More
Are you a maker or creative who sells online or at events? Are you wondering if you should copyright or trademark your work? Or if you should form an LLC? Watch this video!
In EPW Live 009… Read More
Are you a small business owner or entrepreneur who:
Has clients in other states or countries?
Travels or moves often?
Has employees, co-owners, independent contractors, or vendors in many… Read More
Are you ever “done” with boundaries?
This is an experimental process … try (and track) different things to see what works …
Here is the tenth and final video in the… Read More
Are people in your business violating your boundaries?
Most tensions come from misunderstandings … let’s talk about the clarifications that can help!
Here is the ninth video in… Read More
Are you violating your own boundaries?
Here are some tips on how to maintain your self care practice and get better at maintaining your own boundaries.
What small steps can you take?
Here is… Read More
Ready to evaluate your boundary system?
Here’s how to develop a few simple things to track your boundaries and methods to track them …
Below is the seventh video in the 10 part… Read More
Contracts are a tool to define boundaries & clarify expectations.
In this video learn how to use boundary-making tools!
Here is the sixth video in the 10 part Business Boundaries series… Read More
Do you want to learn how to set boundaries with clients to conserve your energy?
Boundaries are crucial so that you, your business, and your client relationships thrive!
Here is the fifth vi… Read More
Do you want to learn how to set boundaries with clients to conserve your energy?
Boundaries are crucial so that you, your business, and your client relationships thrive!
Here is the fourth v… Read More
Do you want to learn how to set boundaries with clients to conserve your energy?
Boundaries are crucial so that you, your business, and your client relationships thrive!
Here is the third vi… Read More
Do you want to learn how to set boundaries with clients to conserve your energy?
Boundaries are crucial so that you, your business, and your client relationships thrive!
Check out this secon… Read More
Do you want to learn how to set boundaries with clients to conserve your energy?
Boundaries are crucial so that you, your business, and your client relationships thrive!
Check out this first… Read More
It’s an exciting time to be a small business owner doing business overseas.
According to Small Business Trends publications, nearly 60% of small businesses are doing business overseas… Read More
Assuming you work at what would historically be an office job, but there is no office, which way of describing this lifestyle resonates the most with you?
Terms for the ‘no o… Read More
Calling all makers and crafters! So much of what you do is creatively driven and uniquely you. You put us in awe every day with the amazing creations of your hands and your minds. We repres… Read More
This is our 13th Client Spotlight, where we share interesting facts and stories about our entrepreneurial clients. Be sure to check out our previous spotlight and learn about Stacy Mayer, A… Read More
More and more businesses are exploring the benefits of distance working – the flexible lifestyle, the lack of commute, the ability to work from anywhere in the world. Starting a remot… Read More
Welcome to our 4th Small Business Book Club, where our team identifies key takeaways from a book that enhance small business operations, strategy, or marketing. Check out our last review, w… Read More
Why find remote work?
I am writing from a breezy airbnb loft during a lush thunderstorm in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. My husband and I are in Mexico on an extended trip. Tomorrow is my birth… Read More
At EPW Small Business Law, writing is an integral part of our marketing strategy.
Each of our employees contributes to our blog, and we value involving our team in the content creatio… Read More
Clients, Supporters, and Friends:
We hope 2017 is off to a great start for you!
Did you go on any adventures last year?
In early August 2016, Elizabeth took her first unplugged we… Read More
We realized recently that we use over 50 services to run EPW! More on that in a future post.
Like all small businesses, we are on a budget. And as a virtual business our main fixed overhead… Read More
This is our 11th Client Spotlight, where we share interesting facts and stories about our entrepreneurial clients. Be sure to check out our previous spotlight and learn about Annie Schuessl… Read More
Why start an online business in 2017?
A couple of years ago our founder Elizabeth Potts Weinstein was featured in the Wall Street Journal article How to Build a Business That Fits Your Lif… Read More
Each new year brings a rush of articles urging you to ‘start your dream business now!’ and to ‘seize the day!’ We at EPW Small Business Law join these voices in invit… Read More
This is our 11th Client Spotlight, where we share interesting facts and stories about our entrepreneurial clients. Be sure to check out our previous spotlight and learn about Marta Abel, Fu… Read More
As we start the new year, we are reminded of how crucial Slack has become to the success of our small business collaboration.
Before Slack, we used a Wiki via Google Sites to organize our… Read More
To our creative and passionate community of entrepreneurs – thank you! You each represent a combination of hope, vision, and action that make the world a better place.
Whether you ha… Read More
Welcome to our 3rd Small Business Book Club, where our team reads a book and identifies key takeaways that enhance small business operations, strategy, or marketing. Check out key advice on… Read More
This is our 10th Client Spotlight, where we share interesting facts and stories about our entrepreneurial clients. Be sure to check out our previous spotlight and learn about Sherry Boyer… Read More
This is our 2nd Small Business Book Club post, where our team reads a book and identifies how key takeaways apply to our small business and may enhance yours. Here is how two brilliant wome… Read More
This is our ninth Client Spotlight, where we share interesting facts and stories about our entrepreneurial clients. Be sure to check out our previous spotlight and learn about Megan Roop,&n&helli…Read More
Are you an online publisher, blogger, or info marketer? In EPW Live 007, Elizabeth Potts Weinstein shared her top 3 biz law tips to help you stay out of trouble and make more money, includin… Read More
Before Slack we were buried under a hard-to-manage jumble of bulky emails on disparate topics. Not so now!
True to the buzz about this instant messaging and collaboration software, ou… Read More
Life Coaches: How can you get paid on time and with more ease?
In EPW Live 006, Elizabeth Potts Weinstein shared 4 tips for life coaches (and other service professionals) for getti… Read More
This is our eighth Client Spotlight, where we share interesting facts and stories about our entrepreneurial clients. Be sure to check out our previous spotlight and learn about author and A… Read More
Should you trademark the name of a company? In EPW Live 005, Elizabeth Potts Weinstein explained whether you need to get a formal trademark on the name of your business (like… Read More
Entrepreneurs and small business owners are not immune to startup stress. In fact, they are far from it. In Gallup’s latest Healthways Well-Being Index, 45% of entrepreneurs report ha… Read More
Who owns your personal brand: you, or your company?
In the 4th episode of EPW Live, Elizabeth Potts Weinstein discussed the problems you face when you do not clearly claim ownership over you… Read More
Looking for a powerful framework for strategy & focus in your small business?
This is the inaugural post for our “Small Business Book Club” series, where we will share the l… Read More
Do you own an LLC?
On EPW Live 003, Elizabeth Potts Weinstein shared the 3 top mistakes Limited Liability Company owners make to lose the protections of their LLC, and how to avoid them.
She… Read More
(This show is designed for licensed and regulated professionals.)
On EPW Live 002, EPW founder & lead attorney Elizabeth Potts Weinstein shared about:
While you’d love to… Read More
The birds are chirping, the trees are sprouting their first buds, and your desk is…well maybe not as freshly clean and organized as you’d like.
Spring has a beautiful and somet… Read More
Listen to Episode 001 of EPW Live, where Elizabeth shared about:
Your accountant said you should be an S-Corp … but are you ready for the real costs?
Should everyone do an FB Liv… Read More
To keep you small business budget clutter-free, spring-clean your SaaS overhead.
The proliferation of subscription-based Software as a service (SaaS) in recent years has opened up c… Read More
Upon confirming my personality type according to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator recently, it was fun to see that one of history’s most intriguing characters, Charles Darwin, was supp… Read More
This is our seventh Client Spotlight, where we share interesting facts and stories about our entrepreneurial clients. Be sure to check out our previous spotlight and learn about graphic/web… Read More
We all feel pressure to do more, pay attention to more, and be more.
Simplifying is not easy.
It can be the biggest challenge we face as processes have gotten complex, but we can start by pa… Read More
A customer or client is complaining about your product or service on social media–how do you handle it?
I’m joining a conversation that Upwork has been having about how to handl… Read More
It’s been an upsetting week in the world, and I’ve been sharing about how you can handle that as a business owner in this week’s live Periscope #bizboundaries ser… Read More
Almost half the states (including California) have laws either stating that employers cannot ask employees for access to their personal social media accounts, or somehow restricting employer… Read More
This is our sixth Client Spotlight, where we share interesting facts and stories about our entrepreneurial clients. Be sure to learn about Martha Jo and her weirdest skill, and Kaneisha&rsqu&hell…Read More
This is our sixth Client Spotlight, where we share interesting facts and stories about our entrepreneurial clients. Be sure to learn about Martha Jo and her weirdest skill, and Kaneisha&rsqu&hell…Read More
Have you had a chance to watch the live Periscope show yet? Each weekday around 12:30 PM Pacific (catch the link via my @ElizabethPW Twitter account), I’m broadcasting live tips about… Read More
In its fourth year, last month’s Denver Startup Week offered abundant activities and opportunities for designers, developers, founders, and aspiring entrepreneurs. A full schedule of a… Read More
On September’s Roundup, we featured the 10 Days to Business Boundaries course, the start of the Periscope series, as well as a bunch of other resources shared on social media. This wee… Read More
Recent weeks found me working in France, nine hours later than Pacific standard time (the typical timezone of our company)–so it was a rare opportunity for me to feel like a morning pe… Read More
Each month we share tons of great legal, business, marketing, and life resources for small business owners & entrepreneurs on Twitter, Facebook, and (now) Periscope.
But it’s easy… Read More
Do you use stock photos on your website, blog, or Facebook page? Here’s a quick tip you can do in 5 minutes or less to protect yourself from a cease & desist letter (aka some accus… Read More
You’ve read the blog posts about how you need to form a business entity to protect you from personal liability for your business. So, you decide to form a Limited Liability Company (LL… Read More
It’s so tempting to just do a quick Google search to find some template contracts to use for your next virtual assistant, coaching client, consultant, or joint venture. But there are p… Read More
So many of us small, online businesses need help. Virtual assistants, project managers, graphic designers, event coordinators, bookkeepers, videographers … all kinds of professionals… Read More