To many, the solopreneur life is risky. Some believe it’s a lot of smoke and mirrors and others believe it’s only reserved for those born rich.  As you may well know by now, I don’t believe either of those things. In fact, I know very differently now. I know that the entrepreneurial life that comes […]

The glamour of operating within a 9-5 typical corporate job is that you’re stepping into the “known”. You know where your paycheck is coming from, you know where you’ll be working from, you get hired on with a list of things you’re already expected to know (and likely have already spent a lot of time […]

The beginning stages of running your online law firm may seem like an uneasy field to navigate but once you get into the swing of things, it’s *almost* like a walk in the park.  I said, almost!  I give this disclaimer because when it comes to being an entrepreneur, your entire business will ride on […]

Working a typical 9-5 corporate job for the majority of your career and then making the fist-pumping courageous move of starting your own business can be disorienting in the beginning.  You no longer have to begrudgingly wake up at 6am in the morning to down some coffee and run out the door. There’s no more […]

Remember the dread of having to spend your entire day inside your office? Watching the hours tick away while wearing the uptight suit that you couldn’t wait to rip off? Remember having set lunch breaks? Or maybe staying way after the sun had already set just wishing you were home snuggling with your little ones?  […]

The idea of entrepreneurship isn’t something new. The idea of being a small business owner isn’t either and yet…it’s consistently the road less traveled.  Even though people continue to highlight unfair wages and ridiculous downtime to spend with our families. Even though there’s the constant frustration of not having the freedom we crave or being […]

One of the main reasons I see my clients question the entrepreneur lifestyle is because they’re worried about how much they have to spend on their business. But like with oh-so many things in life, it’s all about perspective!  As an employee, you weren’t responsible for your employer’s business expenses but you were  paying for […]

When you decided to start your own solo law firm, you may have had a pretty peachy vision. Quality time and laughs by the pool with the kids, a bank account that just will not stop growing, and all the freedom in the world to live your life on your terms while still having a […]

We do not need to spend much, if any, time exploring why you might be concerned about finding enough clients for your firm when you’re just starting out. So, let’s dive right into how to strategically find prospective clients and book engagements. First, we’ll begin with a trip down memory lane. Remember “IRAC” (Issue, Rule, […]

If your goal is to build a law firm that allows you to work part-time while earning a full-time income, your income cannot be based on your time. Instead, it must be based on the value you deliver to clients. One of the best alternative fee arrangements that allows you to bill clients based on […]