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What’s monkeying with your business growth?

What’s monkeying with your business growth?

By Nina Kaufman, Esq.

“Every time I call, it’s a [expletive] debate,” Devon fumed. “And I gotta call every month to get paid. I can’t stand it!” My client, Devon, runs a tech support and solutions business. He’s been grumbling about this business customer for many months. How the company never pays on time. Or follows the “rules” in his contract. It reminds me of an old story about monkeys on a golf course.* …. It was the late 1800s, during the days of the British Raj.  The English had set up a golf course on the outskirts of Calcutta.  Plenty of land.  Plenty of monkeys. Monkeys loved golf. They’d scamper onto the grounds. Grab the little white balls once they landed. Fling them in all directions. Screech and whoop with delight. Golfers hated the monkeys. “They’re completely disrupting our round!” they’d cry. They tried to control the monkeys. Built high fences. (As if monkeys don’t climb). Lured them away with bananas. Trapped and relocated them. None of it worked. The monkeys kept finding their way back. Worn out—and…

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Nina Kaufman

Flying solo doesn’t have to mean going it alone.

I’m Nina Kaufman.

I know first-hand that running a knowledge-based service business has unique challenges. It’s so much easier when you have an advocate in your corner. Over the past 25 years, I’ve worked with thousands of New York business professionals who want a legal advisor to guide and support them as they navigate the business world.

With wide-ranging experience as a business attorney, strategist, and media authority, I bring the added power of a business lens to the legal issues my clients are facing.

And because I’ve been a business owner myself, I’ve lived through the soaring highs and devastating lows – like when my first law firm failed. So I understand what’s involved to serve great clients, detect business risks early and build a true legacy.

I can’t get those 12 years back. That’s why I have made it my mission to ensure that business professionals like you can become wise and discerning leaders, build a solid business, and live your best life.