Business Lawyer, Nina L. Kaufman Esq. in the Press

Articles Written by Nina Kaufman
Articles/Appearances Featuring Nina Kaufman
Honorable Mentions

“Knowledge shared is power multiplied,” said inventor Robert Noyce, which makes Nina Kaufman and her readers very powerful people. Nina regularly shares her knowledge through her Ask The Business Lawyer Blog, LexAppeal ezine, and resources. Plus, she frequently contributes articles on a variety of small business law issues for leading publications and media outlets including The E-Myth Insider, the New York Enterprise Report, MyVenturePad, Enterprising Woman, WomenandBiz.com, the American Bar Association’s GP/Solo Magazine, DivineCaroline, WorkHerWay, and VA Today Magazine. A respected media resource, Nina’s expertise has been noted/quoted in the Wall Street Journal, U.S. News & World Report, HuffingtonPost.com, Crain’s NY, Forbes.com, PINK magazine, SmallBusinessComputing.com, The New York Law Journal, the American Bar Association Journal, and Entrepreneur magazine, among others.

Below is a partial (!) list of where her content and perspective have appeared, both online and off.

Articles Written By Nina Kaufman

• “The Why Behind Your What: Attracting Social Media Brand Evangelists,” WomenandBiz.com (2011)
• “Why Your Business Needs an Annual Checkup,” Enterprising Women (2011)
• “Building Your Business Dream Team in 5 Simple Steps,” WomenandBiz.com (2011)
• “Legal Niceties of Naming a Business,” Entrepreneur Magazine (WomenEntrepreneur online)
• “Make the Most of Your Social Networking Policy,” Enterprising Women, Vol. 11, No. 5 2010.
• “How Business Law Contracts Protect Your Pocketbook,” WomenandBiz.com, Issue 34
• “Should You Do Business With Friends?” Entrepreneur Magazine (WomenEntrepreneur online)
• “Collecting From Delinquent Clients,” DivineCaroline.com
• “What You Should Know Before Copying Contracts from the Internet,” Enterprising Women, Vol. 10, No. 6 2009
• “What Can You Get For Your Business?” WomenandBiz.com, Issue 30
• “Have Your Collections Policy Ready,” Entrepreneur Magazine (WomenEntrepreneur online)
• “10 Tips for Developing Great Clients,” WomenandBiz.com, Issue 27
• “3 Online Business Mistakes to Avoid,” Entrepreneur Magazine (WomenEntrepreneur online)
• “Why Your Business Needs an Electronic Media and Communications Policy,” Enterprising Women, Vol. 10, No. 4, 2009.
• “Protect Your Intellectual Property,” Entrepreneur Magazine (WomenEntrepreneur online)
• “Get the Lowdown on Insurance,” Entrepreneur Magazine (WomenEntrepreneur online)
• “7 Steps to Minimizing Your Slow-Paying Client List,” Enterprising Women, Vol. 10, No. 2, 2009
• “Diversify, But Keep It Legal,” Entrepreneur Magazine (WomenEntrepreneur online)
• “Stay on Target with Hired Guns,” Entrepreneur Magazine (WomenEntrepreneur online)
• “Look Before You Lease,” Entrepreneur Magazine (WomenEntrepreneur online)
• “Is Your Business Legally Healthy?” WomenandBiz.com, Issue 24
• “Get Ready to Conquer Your Company’s Estate Planning,” Enterprising Women, Vol. 9, No. 6, 2008.
• “Got a Business? Get a Prenup!” Entrepreneur Magazine (WomenEntrepreneur online)
• “What You Should Know Before Copying Contracts from the Internet,” Business Matters-Small Business News from the Newcastle Liberal Democrats (Issue 57)
• “Nice Girls Don’t Ask,” Business Matters-Small Business News from the Newcastle Liberal Democrats (Issue 56)
• “Attend to Your Corporate Housekeeping,” Entrepreneur Magazine (WomenEntrepreneur online)
• “Profiles of the Top 5 Problem Clients,” WomanandBiz.com, Issue 23
• “Raising Capital from Family and Friends,” Business Matters-Small Business News from the Newcastle Liberal Democrats (Issue 55)
• “5 Essentials for Non-Compete Agreements,” Entrepreneur Magazine (WomenEntrepreneur online)
• “Why Employee Handbooks Work,” Enterprising Women, Vol. 9, No. 4, 2008.
• “Reflections on What Ruins a Business Partnership,” WomenandBiz.com, Issue 22
• “Building Your Business Dream Team,” Enterprising Women, Vol. 9, No. 3, 2008
• “Negotiating for Results,” WomenandBiz.com, Issue 21
• “When Business Partners Part,” Entrepreneur Magazine (WomenEntrepreneur online)
• “3 Big Reasons Not to Do Your Own Legal Work,” WomenandBiz.com, Issue 20
• “Why You Benefit From Writing a Business Plan,” Enterprising Women, Vol. 9, No. 2, 2008
• “Isn’t It Time You Learned to Keep 100% of Your Fee . . . Every Time?“, WomenandBiz.com, Issue 19
• “Customer Service Essentials: The Three Cs of Good Lawyering,” GP/Solo Magazine (American Bar Association), January/February 2008
• “How to Choose a Business Partner,” New York Enterprise Report, September 2007
• “No-Nonsense Advice About the Perfect One-Page Agreement,” WomenandBiz.com, Issue 18
• “The Pros and (Legal) Cons of Blogging for Business,” Enterprising Women, Vol. 8, No. 3, 2007
• “Green, Global, or Just Plain Good: Cause Marketing and Socially Conscious Companies.” WomenandBiz.com, Issue 17
• “Professional Results with Professional Contractors,” Enterprising Women, Summer 2007
• “Turning Deadbeats into Doves,” WomenandBiz.com, Issue 16
• “The Perfect One-Page Agreement,” Enterprising Women, Spring 2007
• “A Crash Course in Confidence,” Toastmaster Magazine, March 2007
• “Can You Keep a Secret?” New York Enterprise Report, Jan/Feb 2007
• “Preventive Care is the Best Defense,” WomenandBiz.com, Issue 15
• “Increasing Your Office Staff…Without Employees,” Enterprising Women, Winter 2006
• “The Single Most Important Thing to Know about Verbal Agreements,” WomenandBiz.com, Issue 14
• “Boost Your Business with Power Partners,” Enterprising Women, Summer 2006
• “Watch Your Language! — 4 of the Most Misconstrued Legal Terms,” WomenandBiz.com, Issue 13
• “The Simple, But Powerful, Reasons for Corporate Minutes,” Enterprising Women, Spring 2006
• “Key Secrets to Home Office Success,” WomenandBiz.com, Issue 12
• “10 Tips for Well-Behaved Clients,” Enterprising Women, Winter 2006
• “Increasing Your Income with Licenses and Franchises,” WomenandBiz.com, Issue 11
• “Walking the Employee-Independent Contractor Tightrope,” Enterprising Women Summer 2005
• “Putting ‘Strategy’ into Your Strategic Alliances,” Beyond the Numbers (published by Marcum & Kleigman LLP), March/April 2005
• “Increasing Your Income with Licenses and Franchises,” Enterprising Women, Winter 2005
• “Recalibrating Your Deadbeat Meter,” Female Entrepreneur Magazine, April/May 2004
• “Walking the Employee-Independent Contractor Tightrope,” Beyond the Numbers (published by Marcum & Kleigman LLP), November/December 2004
• “A Crash Course in Confidence,” TheSquare.com, March 2004
• “When to Close the Barn Door,” TheSquare.com February 2004
• “Turning Deadbeats into Doves,” TheSquare.com, January 2004

Articles/Appearances Featuring Nina Kaufman

• “Look before You Leap into a Partnership,” by Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, February 2012
• “Small Biz 911: Just ‘Cause You Have an Agreement, Doesn’t Make a Worker an Independent Contractor,” MSNBC’s Your Business with JJ Ramberg, December 2011
• Business Answers: Manufacturing in the USA, Creating a Board of Directors, and Preparing Business Proposals that Don’t Give Away the Store,” MSNBC’s Your Business with JJ Ramberg, December 2011
• “Business Answers: Patent Costs and Copyright Infringement,” MSNBC’s Your Business with JJ Ramberg, August 2011
• “Train Your Clients to Pay Timely,” by Lynnea Bylund, CatalystHouse.biz, August 2011
• “The State of Small Business,” MSNBC’s Your Business with JJ Ramberg, August 2011
• Women’s Work? Some Find Web 2.0 Plays to Female Attorneys’ Strengths,” ABA Journal, July 2011
• “Legal Tools for Entrepreneurs,” by Angela Haines, Forbes.com, June 2011
• “Daring Doer,” Tory Johnson’s SparkAndHustle.com, June 2011
• “Tips from a Small Business Attorney,” The E-Myth Insider (podcast interview with E-Myth President Wendy Vinson)
• “Handling Your Business Prenups Consciously,” (TalkingAlternative.com radio interview with Sam Leibowitz, The Conscious Consultant), December 2010
• “How to Choose a Business Partner Who Won’t [BLEEP] You,” (BlogTalkRadio.com interview with Wendy Hanson of The Sassy Ladies), August 2010
• “The Small Business’ Lawyer,” (video interview with Phil Simon, The New Small), July 2010
• “Top Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make When Starting a Business,” (video interview with Work Her Way‘s Carolyn Kepcher and Better.TV), May 2010
• “Ask an Expert,” (podcast interview with Alicia Marie Fruin of PeopleBiz), February 2010
• “Training, Yes, Training Your Clients to Pay You, StartUp Nation (podcast interview with Rich Sloan), 2009
• “Smart Tax Planning for Your Business,” Wells Fargo webcast, August 2009 (subscription required)
• “Cost-Saving Real Estate Strategies for Your Business,” Wells Fargo webcast, March 2009 (subscription required)
• “5 Questions,” I Can Bring Home the Bacon (blog)
• “How Much Credit Do Customers Deserve?” by Melanie Lindner, Forbes.com, April 2008
• “What to Look for in a Business Partner,” by Melanie Lindner, Forbes.com, April 2008
• “Good Partner Material?” by Sarah Hampson, GlobeandMail.com, May 2007
• “Is Your Website Having a Mid-Life Crisis?” by Jennifer Schiff, Ecommerce-Guide.com, March 2007
• “I Could Have Hired a VA,” by Jennifer Schiff, Small Business Computing, Nov 2006
• “Privacy, Security and Compliance for SMBs (Part I),” by Jennifer Schiff, Small Business Computing, Sept 2006
• “Privacy, Security and Compliance for SMBs (Part II),” by Jennifer Schiff, Small Business Computing, Sept 2006
• “As Customers, Big Firms Can Lead to Frustration,” by Laurel-Ann Dooley, Wall Street Journal Online, June 2006 (subscription required)
• “Nina Kaufman: Law, Laughter and Legal Advice for Small Businesses,” by Teresa Talerico, LawCrossing, July 2005
• “Master Your Rainmaking Messages,” by Melissa Janis, American Bar Association Journal, March 2004 (subscription required)

Honorable Mentions

• U.S. Small Business Administration, Women in Business Champion of the Year 2011 (Region II)
• Forbes.com, 25 Most Influential Women Tweeting about Entrepreneurship (2011)
• Evan Carmichael, Top 50 Women Entrepreneur Experts to Follow on Twitter (2011)
• Trusted Business, Top 20 Twitter Small Business Experts We Really Love (2011)
• WomanzWorld, Top 20 Biz Women to Follow on Twitter (2010)
• Fifty Businesswomen to Follow on Twitter (2010)
• 50 Best Blogs for Young Entrepreneurs (2010)
• Forbes.com, Top 30 Women Entrepreneurs to Follow on Twitter (2009)
• 100 Best Blogs to Hone Your Entrepreneurial Instinct (2009)
• Top 30 Business and Entrepreneurship Blogs by Women (2009)
• Working Woman Magazine, Entrepreneurial Excellence Awards–Client/Customer Service (2001)