June 2, 2015
Ever had songs you haven’t heard in ages suddenly plant themselves in your head from … who knows where? Today, it’s the Grateful Dead’s “Truckin’” (odd—I was never a fan): Lately it occurs to me … what a long, strange trip it’s been. Why now? Maybe because it’s time for the big reveal. (See below!) Time to leave the cocoon. Time to share what I’ve learned from the partnership that imploded. The business worth not much more than a hole in a doughnut. The $40,000 in credit line debt I had to paid off single-handedly. The years of wrestling with “What’s next?” The new mission, and renewed determination. The frustrations of shaping and molding what seemed like a scary, ugly idea into something with promise. Why the drawn-out journey? Because I realized after 15 years that law wasn’t everything. It’s like looking at a skeleton and saying “that’s the entire body.” It’s not. (You know that.) Important, yes. Vital, even. But not the totality. And likewise, my singular focus on law wasn’t an urgent entrepreneurial…
Continue ReadingIn the last few videos, I’ve been talking about how to handle difficult clients. Tacking on an “aggravation surcharge” when they demand more than you agreed. Or require a miraculous turnaround time. Those are uncomfortable…
Read MoreSometimes, it takes a couple of bricks to the head to learn a lesson (ergo, the month-long blogging silence). Here I am, Madam Genius, Esq., blogging about business partnerships, and I violated all my own…
Read MoreWhat if your partner is also your . . . partner? The Memphis Daily News on Correale Builders & Realtors in Germantown, Tennessee. Not an unusual business, but for the fact that the business owners…
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