Business Posted by EC (Lisa) Stewart

Weekly WrapUp

National Patent News What the Recent U.S. Patent Reform Law Means for Startups On Sept. 8, Congress passed a patent reform bill named the “Leahy-Smith America Invents Act.” President Obama signed the act into law on Sept. 16. The most relevant aspect of the act for startups is the switch from a “first-to-invent” to a “first-to-file” system. State Side Law School for Visual Artists: NYC... read more

Branding Posted by EC (Lisa) Stewart

How-Not-To: Divide and Destroy the Netflix Way

We’re big Netflix users. Instead of watching streaming movies this week, I’ve been watching the Netflix debacle unfold. Recently, we decided to go with the flow and eliminate the DVDs from our roster and go exclusively with streaming. Why? Because we were forced to make a choice. I also resented that red envelope sitting for days unopened -mocking me. We’re we ever going to watch that... read more

IP/Copyright Posted by EC (Lisa) Stewart

A Solution to Share: Giving Credit

I have to share this poster from Design*Sponge. Do you ever feel like a tyrant protecting your work? Here’s a solution designed to allay your authoritarian fears and still get the message across. Poster by Pia, Erin and Yvette I know I’ve been struggling with this very concern for a number of years and thanks to Grace, she managed to design an answer with humor. Let me just say that I love... read more

Business Posted by EC (Lisa) Stewart

Tip: Establish a Professional Papertrail

This is a valuable lesson I learned from Corporate USA. Sometimes service providers just don’t live up to your expectations, so here are some tips to help you manage them. So I just lost 3 days of productivity, a ton of money and gained a major headache due to much eyerolling. Why? Because I trusted the service providers to do their jobs and they suddenly didn’t meet my expectations. Takeovers... read more

Behind the Scenes Posted by EC (Lisa) Stewart

It must be nice to have a hobby

Do you know that your small business is labelled as a lifestyle business? Further, do you know that any outsider who compares your small business to high growth business feels that you’re a less than serious entrepreneur who attends to your business as you have time for it? Yikes! In the article 3 Reasons Why the Term ‘Lifestyle Business’ Doesn’t Work, Adelaide Lancaster reveals... read more