INSIGHT: Clarifying Benefit Corporations and B-Corps for the Social Enterprise
Although they are too often used interchangeably when discussing social enterprises, Benefit Corporations and B-Corps are not the same animal. Benefit Corporations have been in the news for severals y ...
NEWS: IMPORTANT CHANGES FOR US DESIGN PATENTS
Important changes are coming for US design patents. These changes will be a great boon to US applicants, making it possible to use a single application to simultaneously seek protection of their desi ...
LECTURE : Women’s Enterprise Development Center
Zak was again invited by the Women's Enterprise Development Center (WEDC) to return as a faculty presenter in their entrepreneurial training program on October 8th. This installment of the multi-week ...
LECTURE : Entrepreneurship Training Program
Zak is looking forward to returning to the entrepreneurial training program organized by the Women's Enterprise Development Center (WEDC) on March 31st. This installment will address various legal is ...
INSIGHT : Another Yoga Patent Controversy
I was recently asked to comment on the current yoga patent controversy surrounding a patent application filed by Yogaglo, a company that provides streaming yoga classes. Subsequent to filing their app ...
LECTURE : Legal Basics for the Women’s Enterprise Development Center
Zak has been invited to present a legal basics session of the entrepreneurial training program offered by the Women's Enterprise Development Center (WEDC). WEDC's goal is to support and to empower w ...
LECTURE : Legal Structures of Social Enterprises at the New School
I was delighted to be invited back to the New School again this year to give a guest lecture on Thursday, September 27. The topic was the legal structures that are available to social enterprises. S ...
SEMINAR : Intellectual Property – A Small Business Primer
On Thursday, August 22, I'll be doing a presentation on intellectual property issues that small businesses are likely to encounter. Small businesses put a lot of effort into developing their identity ...
CLIENT NEWS : My Pet Chicken featured in Huffington Post
Client My Pet Chicken was featured in the Huffington Post on May 8, in an article entitled "10 Oddball Businesses That Actually Exist". My Pet Chicken is identified as one of the so-called oddballs ...
SEMINAR: Crowdfunding + Crowdsourcing
I was delighted by the range of talented entrepreneurs that joined me for last night's presentation in Tarrytown. It was inspiring to hear them share their nascent business ideas. We found that most o ...
INSIGHT : New York State Grants for Businesses
Most businesses owners are aware that billions of dollars in grant money flows into local businesses from federal, state and regional sources. These grants support a variety of goals - increasing loca ...
SEMINAR : Reminder – Crowdfunding + Crowdsourcing
Tomorrow night, April 18, I'll be presenting a seminar on using crowdsourcing and crowdfunding to meet your business needs. The discussion will aim to clarify the different uses for these new strategi ...
SEMINAR : Crowdfunding + Crowdsourcing
I've been invited to lead a discussion on crowdfunding and crowdsourcing on April 18. With the endless stream of record-breaking Kickstarter projects in the media lately, many businesses are wonder ...
SEMINAR : Legal Basics for Freelancers and Small Businesses
On March 14, I presented a workshop on the legal issues that are most relevant to freelancers and small businesses. This has been a very popular offering in the past. Yesterday's audience included e ...
SEMINAR : Legal issues in business websites
Thanks to all the participants who attended tonight's workshop on legal issues facing business websites. Having such a diverse group of professionals, including marketing experts and website develop ...
SEMINAR : Legal basics for freelancers and small businesses
I've been invited to do a presentation on the legal issues that are most relevant to freelancers and small businesses. This is a presentation has been very popular in the past. The workshop will cove ...