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The Bird

When I was 10, a bird flew into the sliding glass door next our dining room, as my family and I were eating dinner. As we ran to see what

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The Cleanse

3 weeks ago, I started a cleanse.  It wasn’t a diet.  It wasn’t a weight loss program.  What it was: a detoxifying of my insides and a re-adjustment of my

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Starting a Business?

One of the greatest tools I’ve found for the Small Business Entrepreneur is CalGOLD.  After a few clicks, a user can figure out every permit and license that is needed

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Why I am not a Litigator

How long does a lawsuit take?  Consider the March 1989 crash of the Exxon Valdez oil tanker, which sent 11 million gallons of crude oil into the pristine waters of

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Ski Week with a C

This week was SKI week for my kids’ school.  Instead it was SICK week at the Marcus house.  I spent a considerable amount of time pretending to be Florence Nightengale

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Intellectual Property

Lately, a few of my start up clients have encountered hang-ups related to intellectual property. Intellectual Property is the bundle of rights and privileges associated with trademarks (names and logos),

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4 Phone Calls

Today, I could not access my site and some weird stuff was going on. I suspected the worst…that I had been hacked. I made 4 phone calls. Dane Sanders He

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Wise Estate Planning

Dan was a single guy living at home with his father and working in the family business. When he found out he was going to inherit a fortune when his

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People are Good

Every night, as I exit the parking lot where I work, I have to make a right turn.  Because of road work, I have to wait for a car to

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