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		<title>Want to Protect Your Business? Stand on This.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Coco]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2017 00:13:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There are 3 kinds of risks: the risk that you&#8217;ll get screwed or sued; the risk that you&#8217;ll get in a fight and the risk that you&#8217;ll lose the fight. These risks are ever present. The only way to avoid these risks completely is to stay on your couch.  Even if you can&#8217;t avoid these [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Most Boring (And Important) Post You&#8217;ll Ever Read</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Coco]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2017 19:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There is a part of nearly every contract entitled &#8220;Notice.&#8221;  No one reads it, but everyone should. What is the Notice provision, how does it work and why does it matter? What is it? Every contract is its own little city-state. The language creates a set of rules about what each party has to do, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Tips to Avoid The Boss v Employee Fight Over LinkedIn, Twitter &#038; Contact Lists</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Coco]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Mar 2017 14:09:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In the olden days, before everybody carried their contacts around in a giant database on a tiny phone, there were Rolodexes; Big, circular carousels of sheets to which you glued or stapled collected business cards. They weighed 37 pounds, took up half the desk and, as a result, they never left the office. Contacts were [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>10 Great Things About an LLC</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Coco]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2017 16:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Get Organized]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Here are the top ten things I love about the LLC.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Delaware?  Don&#8217;t Do It.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Coco]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2017 16:47:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Most people should not incorporate or organize their entity in Delaware. Now, I know that many advisers recommend organizing in Delaware and there are times when it is appropriate. Delaware has created and refined well-designed statutes and efficient, professional courts to make it easy, predictable and respectable to form your business entity in Delaware. Like [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Bow Truss v. The Profit: Better Than Reality TV</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Coco]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2017 17:06:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I’ve been following and writing about the Bow Truss v. Marcus Lemonis kerfuffle &#8211; now lawsuit &#8211; because messy litigation is my reality TV. And, this is messy. As a lawyer, my stock in trade is careful, calibrated elocutions of ambivalence. But, here, I’m not lawyering, I’m writing, so I get to be as candid [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>6 Contracts You Can&#8217;t Do Without</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Coco]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2017 17:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Contracts are the trip wire of deals. Here’s why. With legit business people, you can&#8217;t get started on the work or the payments until you sign the contract. Your contract is your reason to write down what has to get done, what has to get paid and by when. Your contract makes you memorialize the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>5 Signs Your Business is Growing Too Fast: Lessons from Bow Truss Coffee</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Coco]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2017 17:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Crain’s Chicago recently reported that Bow Truss coffee houses, a hip café, temporarily closed its doors. Among the public feuds between the founder on one side and the employees on the other, Bow Truss is a cautionary tale on growing too quickly.  By all accounts, Bow Truss opened 10 locations with alarming speed, boasting about [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>How I Know Your Business &#8220;Marriage&#8221; Ain&#8217;t Gonna Make It</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Coco]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2017 16:59:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In the midst of providing Business “Marriage” Counseling to two or more business partners, there is a moment when I have to predict a course. See, there are only a couple of paths we can take. People who come to me to work on their intra-company relationships have usually reached a point of no return [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Business Partnership Lessons from the Bow Trust Deal Death</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Coco]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2017 16:53:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Last week, Crain’s reported that Brow Truss coffee houses had closed their doors. Left behind are dozens of employees with unpaid wages and one hysterical owner who is blaming the guy who backed away from buying him out. Marcus Lemonis, the star of MSNBC’s The Profit, had agreed to buy most of the business on [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>7 Traits You Want to Find in a Business Partner</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Coco]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2017 00:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Much like a marriage, a business partnership is nothing to enter into lightly. Many possible perils await co-founders of a business when they haven’t carefully considered the pros and cons of such a relationship. Some of that includes considering the traits your business partner(s) brings to the table. As a lawyer and consultant, I’ve had [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>5 Legal Things that Can Kill Your Company</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Coco]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2017 00:56:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As a business leader, your job is not just to grow your company – it’s also to try to not kill it. And, there are an uncountable number of weapons and wars that can fell your business. Here are 5 ways legal trouble can kill your business and some practical ways you can protect yourself. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Why I Started Seasongood Law</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Coco]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2016 15:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I knew I wanted to be a lawyer when I was 9. I had a rough childhood and I wanted to help people feel strong and validated. I wanted to help people get justice. I carried that vision all through college, working as a graveyard waitress, picking up my tuition off of tables, a couple [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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