Legal Intel for Entrepreneurs
Who Play to Win.
20 years of litigation. Real cases. Real mistakes. Real lessons. Every article is built to help you spot the legal risks most entrepreneurs never see coming β until it's too late.
You're exposed and you don't even know it.
Defense wins championships.
People ask me all the time: what exactly do I get from Legally Bulletproof? It's a fair question, because most legal help falls into two useless buckets β a bare template that leaves you alone with a ...
Is my contractor actually an employee? A founder asked me this after his "1099 contractor" β who worked 40 hours a week, only for him, on his schedule, for two years β filed a claim. He'd called her a...
Recurring revenue is the best business model there is β and the fastest way to turn a happy customer into an angry one is to make them feel trapped in it. After 20 years litigating, I've watched subsc...
Is my email and texting setup breaking the law? A founder asked me this after he started sending SMS blasts to everyone who'd ever bought from him β because a marketing guru told him "the money's in t...
Every founder eventually asks the same question: why would I pay for a lawyer's system when I can get an LLC and a stack of contracts online for almost nothing? It's a fair question, and I'm not going...
Do I need a disclaimer on my testimonials? A coach asked me this after a competitor got a nasty complaint over a wall of five-star reviews. Her reviews were real β every one of them from a happy clien...
Most founders think advertising law is something big brands worry about. It isn't. The rules that govern what you can say in an ad apply to the solopreneur running a $19 offer just as much as the comp...
Are my income claims going to get me sued? A founder asked me this last week after building an entire funnel around "our students make $10K a month." He wasn't lying β some of them do. But after 20 ye...
Someone offers to send you clients for a cut. Or you find someone with an audience who'll promote your offer for a percentage of every sale.
It feels like free money. No payroll, no ads, no risk β th...
A founder called me a few years back. Good business. Real revenue. He'd been sued by a client over a project that went sideways.
I asked him to send me the contract.
He sent me a PDF he'd bought onl...
You started as a sole proprietor because it was easy. You didn't file anything. You just started working, invoicing, and getting paid. That's how most businesses begin.
Then one day it hits you: ever...
I spent twenty years inside courtrooms watching entrepreneurs get destroyed.
Not metaphorically. Literally. I sat at counsel table and watched founders β smart ones, hard-working ones, people who had...