2025: The Year of Controlling the Controllables
Welcome to 2025! Strap in because this year is going to be a doozy. There are many aspects of life and business that we cannot control. My focus for this year is to help you “control the controllables.”
I’m starting the year with a series of newsletters that focus on the importance of contracts for your expertise-based businesses. Here’s what I’ll cover:
The Role of Contracts
Contracts are safety nets for navigating client relationships, hiring contractors, and collaborating with partners.
Contracts provide clarity on rules, responsibilities, and expectations to avoid misunderstandings.
Legal Protections Through Contracts
Contracts safeguard your business, ensuring timely payment and protecting proprietary information.
Operating without clear agreements, or not understanding what you are signing, invites potential breaches and disputes.
The Intersection of Contracts and Intellectual Property (IP)
Contracts are critical for leveraging copyright protections to maintain control over expertise, such as training materials or methodologies.
Getting Started with Contracts
Breaking down the essentials: contract templates tailored to business needs.
Key clauses you must understand to make sure your materials aren’t used without you.
Next week, we’ll take a deeper dive into specific contracts every expertise-based business must have to own, control, protect and leverage their expertise.
If you’re unsure whether your contracts are adequate, don’t wait for a problem to arise. Consult with a lawyer who specializes in services agreements with corporate clients and understands the special risks of working with facilitators and collaborators to make sure you’re covered.
IP is Fuel! 🚀
Erin