When Does Your Startup Need an Attorney? How Legal Counsel Can Protect Your Assets with Kristen Corpion, Award-Winning Business Attorney (Plus: How to Afford Legal Help)

Learn how to know when your startup needs legal counsel, the benefits they can provide, and how to afford an attorney. Award-winning business attorney Kristen Corpion provides a comprehensive guide on legal considerations for startups, including the importance of hiring legal counsel at the right time, how to legally safeguard your business assets, and the importance of having written contracts with external contractors. She also highlights strategies for protecting a startup’s future while seeking funding. Plus: learn about the process of vetting legal counsel, how to approach hard conversations in business partnerships, and the implications of exchanging equity for legal help.  In this episode, you’ll learn about: startups, legal considerations, business attorneys, legal counsel, how to protect business assets, mergers and acquisitions, trust in relationships, human resources, legal professionals, patents, trademarks, written contracts, external contractors, business relationships, funding, vetting legal counsel, contracts, when to ask for legal counsel, due diligence, securing funding, investors, entrepreneurs, startup challenges, legal advice, creative ownership, legal protection, business partnerships, and more. Follow The Funding Blueprint, hosted by award-winning podcaster Cody Gough, on YouTube or your favorite podcast app, to be notified about new episodes for free every week. And get involved in the conversation by joining StartHub's community of engaged startup founders, VC investors, and other entrepreneurs on Discord: https://discord.gg/4MjDJS8wsR  Kristen Corpion is an award-winning business attorney who helps entrepreneurs view and use the law as a tool for growth, instead of an expensive landmine. She’s a law school professor and community leader in south Florida with many accolades as a lawyer to her name. She founded a law firm that specialized in working with locally owned small business owners and focused on helping entrepreneurs grow and protect their business. In September 2023, her law firm went through a merger, and now Kristen is Partner and Chief Innovation Officer at Trembly Law Firm. Trembly Law Firm is a practice based in Miami, Florida. They believe that everyone is better off with a thriving small business economy, which is why their mission is “Protecting the Economy, One Business at a Time.” They claim to have several unique advantages over other firms, including unique firm-wide, member, general counsel program, litigation, franchise, and employment law advantages, which you can learn about at https://tremblylaw.com/  Connect with Kristen Corpion on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristencorpion/  Music track: "Cinematic Funk" Source: https://www.lokhmatovmusic.com/  Free Background Music by Yevhen Lokhmatov If you're impressed by the awesome editing in this episode, then get in touch with our tremendous editor Sean Petell for your sound design or audio/video production needs. Special thanks to Sean for making this episode look and sound so good! You can reach Sean at https://seanpetell.com/