July 2, 2018
It’s my birthday week, so naturally, my thoughts turn to cake. (I love cake.) As a kid, I got to choose what kind of cake I wanted for my birthday. Not there was such a wide selection in those days. You got Duncan Hines® chocolate cake or golden cake. Chocolate icing or vanilla icing. Fruit filling was around … but why bother with fruit when you can have chocolate? I was super-clear about what I wanted. Golden cake. Chocolate filling. Chocolate buttercream icing. And I got pretty testy if I didn’t get it. Are you that clear about what you want? And are you willing to stand your ground and fight to get it? I get it. Running a successful business is not a piece of cake. Business is complicated. Over time, it can muddy your thinking. Soften your goals. Cloud your vision for the kind of life you want to live. Happens to my clients all the time. Like the lawyer who’s hanging on to an underperforming partner. Or the bookkeeping practice that can’t grow because…
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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.
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