For any law firm just starting out, you'll want to know
something about running a business, which goes beyond the skills necessary for being a good lawyer.
Not exact matches
Though the thought of
running your own
business, spending your days working on
something you're passionate
about, and choosing how and where you spend your time is enticing, realize there are days if not years of sleepless nights, cash flow shortfalls and mindset hurdles between you and your destination.
That brings us to our next point: if you spot
something that could be turned into a viable
business, but no one else has done anything
about it yet...
run with it.
«My son and I always wanted to
run our own
business together, and we wanted our
business to reflect
something we were passionate
about that that benefits the community,» Jerry says.
According to a thoughtful article by 50 -
something entrepreneur Mohit Satyanand on Quartz recently, taking up
running can teach you some incredible valuable lessons
about how to start and maintain a
business.
I am more upset at how the club is being
ran into the ground for the short term gains and how sporting side has to cover the
business side for profits, I honestly believe that we could have Klopp or Pep right now and we would still be moaning
about the players in the squad, difference is the manager might also be moaning and finding his way out the club pretty quick for
something better.
Your child feels the sensation and then does
something about - chooses to do their
business elsewhere... why not capitalize on that and instead of
running to hide,
run to the bathroom.
I really like the career spotlights, I like reading
about how women just like myself are making a name for themselves
running their own
businesses because its
something I would love to do one day.
Or maybe, juuussst maybe, the people who know how to get a multi-billion dollar
business up and
running and keep it there know
something about business economics that you don't?
I think eventually I'm just going to take the ball,
run with it, and just create one... I'll still have my blogs, but as far as a social media presence, I'm really going to just put Steve Scott, author - preneur,
something like that where it's just... if you want to learn
about habits or you want to learn
about Kindle
business publishing, that sort of stuff, then they can find me all on one central location.
Well, some people do
run into hardships while others may
run their
business strictly out of passion e.g.
running a website
about something they love.
Of course, these types of ventures can be risky and you should know
something about running the type of
business you invest in.
It could be
something as simple as process improvement and
running your
business more, not just more efficiently, not just more streamlined fashion but with fewer errors, the whole lean law thing is basically
about that.
Aaron Street: Yeah I mean I think this can be taken too far, so if you had an example like Brad where he only represents criminal defendants and therefore there's no risk of him having a conflict come through the site when he's getting actual information
about actual cases, but you could see in a litigation, let's say a family law lawyer, if their website were trying to collect information to provide tools as both an intake and access to justice solution that you potentially
run into tremendous conflicts of interest problems there and I think obviously any lawyer considering pursuing this for their firm should think through the implications of their particular situation, but I think what Brad's doing is awesome in the context of his criminal law practice and I think there are versions of a similar model that could be used in
something like your debt collection defense practice or a small
business startup practice or an estate planning practice, but that doesn't mean that it's a model that should be replicated by every lawyer in every practice.
For bonus points, do some research — visit the company website and mention
something you like
about the way they
run their
business.
There is
something to be said
about those resume writers who take 4 days out of
running their
business to acquire more knowledge and skills to leverage for their job seeker clients.