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Are you a Friendly Professional … or a Professional Friend?

Are you a Friendly Professional … or a Professional Friend?

By Nina Kaufman, Esq.

How to you handle long-term clients who try to wangle freebies from you? Like, Can we talk off the meter? Or, Can you just do this quick thing for me? It’s a challenge, isn’t it? Especially for business professionals … where running a small business is all about relationships. But if you don’t set healthy expectations around when you get paid, you risk becoming a “professional friend” whose time can be squandered. For a few tips on how to put boundaries around those freebies, watch this 3-minute video: Are you our ideal client – Seasoned business owner? Innovative thinker? Based in New York? We want to hear from you. Contact Us

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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.