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I’m joined today with Kathy Nelson, a business coach with On Track Success Coaching. Kathy’s also known as the builder of business, holder of dreams, and the coach’s coach. Today’s lawyer joke? What do you call a lawyer who’s gone bad? (listen for the punchline)

Even as a young girl, Kathy liked helping people. She shared this gift early on while working at Nordstrom. 22 years later since she started her business, she’s become successful helping people take their dreams and birthing them into a business.

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Kathy Nelson
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Kelly Bagla, Esq.
Go Legal Yourself
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Today's topic is an important one for those that use independent contractors. When you get sued, it’s usually an internal threat by desperate, dishonest people who have worked for you. For this reason, it’s very important to hire independent contractors "the right way."

In the US people can be classified as employees or independent contractors. The distinction really boils down to the business owner paying taxes to the state if using employees. There is more critical information in this episode, so please listen to it in its entirety.

A recent ruling by the California Supreme Court has placed more restraints on the definition of the Independent Contractor. If you’re a business owner in California, this ruling could directly impact your bottom line.

As a business owner, the Independent Contractor must pass these 3 tests:

• Test A: the independent contractor must be free from your control
• Test B: that the worker performs work that is outside the usual course of the hiring entity’s business
• Test C: that the worker is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, or business, and of the same nature as the work performed for the hiring entity.

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Kelly Bagla, Esq.
Go Legal Yourself
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It’s always nice to get to know your host. Born and raised in England, I had a fantastic childhood.

I’m a business transaction attorney that keeps my clients out of courts. I absolutely love what I do helping entrepreneurs like you stay out of trouble. I also own my own business too and understand the pains business owners go through. As a business owner, I recommend taking these steps: Legal Up and Get Known (stand out)!

I’m the inventor of the “Eardorables” which can be seen from the Media link on BaglaLaw.com. Recently I was on the cover of InventorsDigest.com. I’m also the author of “Go Legal Yourself” which you can get for FREE as an eBook when you download the “Go Legal Yourself” app from your app store.

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Kelly Bagla, Esq.
Go Legal Yourself
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Today we’re going to be discussing the 10th and final topic of the ten legal issues facing entrepreneurs.

If you’re smart enough, you’ll know what you’re good at doing and what you know you're bad at doing. You may not want to take time out of your busy schedule to learn something you’re not good at, right? Sometimes you might perceive a legal problem to be small but in fact, the problem could impact your business in ways that only an attorney can foresee.

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Kelly Bagla, Esq.
Go Legal Yourself
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I’m joined today by Shelley Murasko from Wealthspring Financial Planners. Honestly . . . we got a little “geeky” about financial planning today. Listen at the end of the episode for Shelley’s Top 3 Tips of what you need to start thinking about and take action on!

Shelley’s unconventional career path from engineer to financial advisor was largely inspired by her working alongside successful, hard-working people who despite terrific careers and the best intentions were missing out on smart financial planning moves and falling behind in building wealth.

With a long-standing love for investing and personal finance, Shelley took the career leap in 2013 by earning her financial planning credential, passing the difficult CFP® Board exam, and joined a successful investment company, Bahr Investment Group.  

In 2016, Shelley launched Wealthspring Financial Planners with a vision of offering competent financial guidance at an ultra-low price point while providing transparency and a high level of personal service. Wealthspring's unique low fee structure allows investors to partake in high quality, investment grade investments without forgoing growth to excessive advisor or mutual fund fees.

"I enjoy helping my clients uncover their life intentions and then build a financial plan and investment strategy to deliver upon those hopes and dreams." ~ Shelley Murasko, Wealthspring Financial Planners  

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Shelley Murasko
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Kelly Bagla, Esq.
Go Legal Yourself
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Today we’re going to be discussing #9 of the ten legal issues facing entrepreneurs, “Are Oral Contracts Enforceable?” Although it’s a common misconception that oral contacts may be enforceable, there are some contracts that are governed by the “statutes of frauds.” Statutes Of Frauds have been adopted by most states and include: agreements to pay another's debts; contracts for over a certain amount of money; contracts that last longer than a party's life. These must be in writing. Please listen to this entire episode for more detail and my examples.

In summary: Reliance is huge when you’re relying on oral contacts. They are not favored in the courts.

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Kelly Bagla, Esq.
Go Legal Yourself
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Today we’re going to be discussing the 8th legal issue facing entrepreneurs, “Should I use a non disclosure agreement?” So what is a NDA? What types are there? Here are just two types:

• Mutual non disclosure agreements
• One-way non disclosure agreements

A well drafted non disclosure agreement will help protect your business while helping you grow to the next level.

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Kelly Bagla, Esq.
Go Legal Yourself
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This is the 7th in a 10 part series on the ten legal issues facing entrepreneurs. Today we’re discussing “What should I do if I get sued?” This is not a subject most people want to even talk about. But it’s really important and best to prepare for when you get sued, rather then be caught off-guard. You don’t want to end up in court. There are two major downfalls of going to court:

1. It becomes very, very expensive.
2. It becomes public.

There are ways you can settle a dispute prior to going to court. You can capture these in your contracts way before you actually get sued.

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Kelly Bagla, Esq.
Go Legal Yourself
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I’m so pleased to share with you this episode and interview with Brian Smith, Founder of UGG and author of The Birth of a Brand. Brian shares with us his stories, steps, and challenges taken to create the internationally successful brand UGG.

The motivation to start, part-time jobs, a lucky break, the first achievement, too small to be big - to big to be small, failure and near disaster, a revelation, and the most valuable lessons learned.

“Your most disappointing disappointments, always turn out to be your greatest blessings.

… that’s where the blind vision of an entrepreneur comes in and really plays a part. It is that you only see the positive end result. You don’t allow yourself to see it failing.

The quickest way for a tadpole to become a frog is to live every day happily as a tadpole.“ ~ Brian Smith

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Brian Smith Keynote Speaker
Book: The Birth of a Brand: Launching Your Entrepreneurial Passion

Kelly Bagla, Esq.
Go Legal Yourself
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Today we’re going to be discussing the 6th legal issues facing entrepreneurs, “Am I probably protecting my business name?” Many businesses begin by using a company name only to find out that another company has been using that exact same business name.

You need to do a “trademark search” on the web. The other search you need to do is a trademark search on USPTO (the United States Patent and Trademark Office). Do both of these searches to insure the business name you want is available.

I talked about “trademarking” back in Ep. 4 Register Your Brand. You should go back and listen to that episode as well.

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Kelly Bagla, Esq.
Go Legal Yourself
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