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043: Working with Subcontractors
Plenty of small business owners use an individual or business to carry out a portion of their work. These subcontractors can become part of your business growth strategy and are a great way to delegate tasks to someone else before hiring an employee. If you are a service-based business owner, I’m concentrating on the type of relationships that you’ll have with subcontractors.
Today I review several important areas for consideration when you’re working with subcontractors including scope of work, payment terms, ownership, intellectual property, and client relationship protection.
Please subscribe if you haven’t already. And if you like the show, I’d love it if you’d give it a review wherever you listen to podcasts!
In this episode:
[02:33] - Danielle shares one big caveat before diving into tips for working with subcontractors.
[03:40] - Will your client and the subcontractor have any direct interaction with each other or not? Danielle offers considerations for both scenarios.
[06:12] - Follow these tips to ensure that your subcontractor agreement has a clear scope of work.
[07:25] - How (and when) will your subcontractor be paid?
[07:54] - Some businesses will also include this provision in their payment terms.
[08:17] - Like any contract you enter into, you’ll also want to have this provision in your subcontractor agreements.
[09:46] - Danielle discusses intellectual property rights and ownership of deliverables, including original content, when working with subcontractors.
[12:28] - Can your subcontractor include the work they’ve done on behalf of your clients in their portfolio?
[13:44] - When working with subcontractors, you need to address the confidentiality of both your information and your client’s.
[15:07] - Danielle goes over what you need to know when including non-solicitation clauses in subcontractor agreements to help protect client relationships.
[16:58] - The episode wraps up with your action steps for today.
Links & Resources:
DIY Subcontractor Agreement
Businessese
Liss Legal
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By Danielle Liss
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Plenty of small business owners use an individual or business to carry out a portion of their work. These subcontractors can become part of your business growth strategy and are a great way to delegate tasks to someone else before hiring an employee. If you are a service-based business owner, I’m concentrating on the type of relationships that you’ll have with subcontractors.
Today I review several important areas for consideration when you’re working with subcontractors including scope of work, payment terms, ownership, intellectual property, and client relationship protection.
Please subscribe if you haven’t already. And if you like the show, I’d love it if you’d give it a review wherever you listen to podcasts!
In this episode:
[02:33] - Danielle shares one big caveat before diving into tips for working with subcontractors.
[03:40] - Will your client and the subcontractor have any direct interaction with each other or not? Danielle offers considerations for both scenarios.
[06:12] - Follow these tips to ensure that your subcontractor agreement has a clear scope of work.
[07:25] - How (and when) will your subcontractor be paid?
[07:54] - Some businesses will also include this provision in their payment terms.
[08:17] - Like any contract you enter into, you’ll also want to have this provision in your subcontractor agreements.
[09:46] - Danielle discusses intellectual property rights and ownership of deliverables, including original content, when working with subcontractors.
[12:28] - Can your subcontractor include the work they’ve done on behalf of your clients in their portfolio?
[13:44] - When working with subcontractors, you need to address the confidentiality of both your information and your client’s.
[15:07] - Danielle goes over what you need to know when including non-solicitation clauses in subcontractor agreements to help protect client relationships.
[16:58] - The episode wraps up with your action steps for today.
Links & Resources:
DIY Subcontractor Agreement
Businessese
Liss Legal