What we would tell you over coffee

We spent fifteen years inside the biggest firms in the country, on the deals where everyone already had a lawyer. This is the part of that we can hand over: what actually goes wrong, and what to do about it, written the way we would say it out loud.

• How to get an EIN yourself, free, in about ten minutes

  The IRS issues it on the spot and charges nothing. The steps, the three rules that catch people out, what to do with no SSN, and what the $79 services are actually selling.

• Five things that go wrong when you work without a contract

  Who owns the finished work, when the money is actually due, scope that grows, no way out, and exposure with no ceiling.

• Why you should redline your partner agreements

  The first draft was written by their lawyer, for them. The clauses we mark up first, and what to spend your asks on.