Paid, Protected & Profitable: How to Get Paid What You’re Worth and Protect Your Small Business
Most small business owners start by doing the work they love and assume they can deal with contracts, copyrights, and legal protection later. But later often comes after a client refuses to pay, keeps asking for more work, or uses something you created without permission. That's when the paperwork we kept putting off suddenly matters. In this conversation, I sit down with small business attorney Sharon Tasman of HTBiz Law to talk about practical ways business owners can protect their work, set clearer expectations, and get paid what they are worth. We discuss why promising to work until a client is “satisfied” can leave you responsible for unlimited revisions, why the person who provides the contract first often has an advantage, and how a simple copyright notice can help protect the things you create. We also talk about what business owners need to consider when using AI to help create written materials and why it matters how much of the final work came from you. You do not have to become a lawyer or try to anticipate every possible problem. But understanding a few legal basics now can save you a lot of confusion, money, and frustration later. GUEST BIO Sharon Tasman founded HTBiz Law because she believes high-quality legal advice should not be affordable only to large multinational corporations. After 30 years in law and more than a decade as the founder of a woman-owned small business, she understands the additional difficulties women and members of the BIPOC community can face when starting and growing a business. Her goal is to show business owners that legal guidance does not have to be scary and that well-written contracts can be a small business owner’s best friend. Be sure to grab Sharon's free Legal Essentials Roadmap at: https://roadmap.htbizlaw.com (The roadmap outlines six essential must-haves for starting and growing a business, along with simple, free actions you can take immediately to begin protecting yourself.) Her book, Paid, Protected & Profitable: The Small Business Owner’s Practical Guide and Workbook to Contracts, Protecting Your Work (and IP), and Getting Paid What You Are Worth, is available at: https://www.amazon.com/Paid-Protected-Profitable-Practical-Protecting/dp/1913206815/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0 Want to get in touch with Sharon? Here’s how: Website: https://www.htbizlaw.com/smallbusiness Email: sharont@htbizlaw.com Telephone: (301) 333-6009 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/htbizlaw Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/htbizlaw/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharontasman/ Support the show Make this conversation worth YOUR while by fueling the spark it ignited. Linda Bucher is a Transformational Speaker, a Master-Certified Life Coach, a Podcaster, an Author, and an MBA. She is on a mission to inspire and impact millions of people to know their worth , share their gifts , and make a splash , deliberately creating big, beautiful ripples in the world. Linda is always looking for people to connect with, opportunities to serve, and partnerships to engage in. Connect: https://lindabucher.com/contact-us Complimentary 20-minute Clarity Call: https://lindabucher.com/chatwithlinda Website: https://lindabucher.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindabucher/ Instagram: @lindabucher.gobigcoach Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LindaBucherLifeCoach Disclaimer: Please note that all Conversations Worth Your While podcast episodes are meant solely for educational and general informational purposes. Please read the full disclaimer here.
