Archive for September 2013
3 Ways/1 Hour: Your Small Biz Website (No Coding Required)
Launching a new business, or even maintaining an existing one, requires a lot of work. When you’re dealing with the day-to-day challenges, it’s easy to put off the things that […]
Quick quiz: Test your landlord legal IQ
What’s behind door number 8? Take our quick quiz. Are you a seasoned landlord? New to the business? Either way, you probably know there’s a lot more to managing property […]
10 key questions for finding the right tenants
It’s hard to tell who’s going to be the right fit when choosing tenants. These 10 questions can help. Finding a tenant? Easy. Finding the right tenant? Not necessarily. Even […]
5 Tips to prepare for divorce mediation
Guest attorney Carmina K. Tessitore specializes in family law and complex civil litigation. She’s an experienced divorce and family mediator, and is also a member of the Rocket Lawyer On […]
4 Business Skills They Should Have Taught in Law School
I’ve been practicing law for eight years now. I’ve worked at a large firm with over 700 attorneys, a small boutique firm with less than a handful of associates, and […]
5 tenants you should avoid forever
If you’ve rented an apartment or a house before, you may have had your complaints about your landlord. Maybe they didn’t fix the leaky faucet in your bathroom. Maybe they […]
Workplace privacy laws: 10 things all employers need to know
In the great American workplace, business and personal life converge. If the hard-toiling employees at your start-up or small business had no private or social lives, you’d worry. Somewhere there’s […]
17 Horrible and (Hopefully) Fictional Employees
Do you recognize any of these bad-employee archetypes among your staff? If you’ve done a good job hiring, chances are most are your employees are honest and industrious. But what happens […]
How to (Happily) Be Your Own HR Department
It’s a classic “good problem.” Your business is taking off and you can’t keep up. But if you’ve been running a one-man or one-woman show, hiring someone to help you […]
Root-Beer Pork & Smoked Tri-tip – Our Winner’s Startup Story
Last month, we invited small business owners to show us their faces for a chance to win an iPad Mini and a Rocket Lawyer membership—tools to help get their businesses […]