Author Archives: Jean Niehues

Our own Mary Juetten had the opportunity to present a talk on key performance indicators at the recent Law Launcher virtual conference. Here are some of the highlights of that talk.

Small businesses and startups are often unaware of their blind spots when it comes to early stage business decisions. Putting it simply, many don’t know what they don’t know. Here are three key areas that every small business should address when getting your venture off the ground to avoid a crisis down the road.

In her latest Forbes article, Mary speaks with Ray Young of RightsIn. RightsIn is a startup seeking to help artists monetize their creations by providing an avenue for licensing their films and music through an online marketplace. Ray talks about how the RightsIn marketplace offers creators more control of the licensing and monetization of theirContinue reading “Beyond Infringement to Rights Monetization”

No longer content to humiliate its football teams, the nation of Iceland is taking action against a British supermarket chain over the use of its own name.

As the holidays approach, many of us get caught up in planning and preparing and various family events and functions, and our focus on work can begin to wane, if only slightly. And that isn’t necessarily a bad thing — after all, many of us work hard throughout the year in part to be ableContinue reading “Get Ready for the New Year”

At our recent Evolve Law event in Austin, the topic of cybersecurity at law firms was raised, as more and more attorneys have to consider the security of the sensitive client information they are charged with. While no security is absolute, LawPay has laid out relatively simple steps that any firm can take to make sure thatContinue reading “Tackling Security for your Law Firm”

This is a guest post from Brette Sember that originally ran on the Avvo blog. 

I attended the fourth of the five Global Crowdfunding Convention (GCC) hosted by Ruth Hedges in Las Vegas. Due to Traklight, Evolve Law, and family commitments, I was only able to attend for Monday, October 17th.  

In my previous blog, I wrote about the importance of intellectual property (IP) and the ways in which small businesses can go about protecting their own.  But often many businesses fail to recognize the importance of their intangible assets, instead overlooking them in favor of more immediate concerns. But failing to recognize the value inContinue reading “IP Mistakes from Small Businesses, Part II”

Thes post was written by Mary Fetzer and originally ran on the Avvo blog.