The San Francisco Community Business Law Center

We offer this article in hope that #local #California #microbusiness owners, #entrepreneurs, #freelancers, #artisans, #makers, #merchants and others working with #community #microenterprises might find this summary of the most common 2024 year end #businesslaw questions and suggested responses helpful. Yes, we will continue our #probono preventive businss law Office Hours in 2025. Check back for the new schedule on January 1!

#California #microbusiness owners, #smallbusiness #owners, #freelancers, #makers, #artisans, #entrepreneurs and #microenterprise #founders: NOW is the time to prepare for a 2025 of positive growth and success! There are three (3) seats remaining in our last #probono Preventive Business Law Office Hours session of 2024! Join us December 6 at 9:30 a.m. with your quick #businesslaw and #legal #riskmanagement questions. Register here: https://lnkd.in/g54bhmni

We have 7 seats remaining in our #probono #businesslaw Office Hours for California #community #microbusinesses on Friday morning, December 6! Register here to join us via Zoom: https://lnkd.in/g54bhmni Is your local community business ready to start strong in 2025? NOW is the time to ask questions about cleanup and foundational work you might need to complete before year end: * Action necessary to legally protect your rights to new or changing ideas, brands, designs, products * Legal entity changes to match your business organization changes * Contract amendments to reflect your relationship changes * New 2025 business laws and regulations * Setting up for new 2025 space or hires We will spend the first 15-20 minutes quickly running through our Top 10 list of year end business law questions to self-evaluate, then open to group educational Q&A on any preventive business law topic for the next 60 minutes (or until you run out of questions!). Questions are taken first come (based on Zoom registration date)/first served. #microbusiness #smallbusiness #freelancer #artisan #maker #entrepreneur #microentrepreneur #community #local #merchant #probono #accesstojustice #economicempowerment #economicindependence #womeninbusiness #minoritybusiness #immigrantownedbusiness #disabledbusinessowners #lgbtqownedbusiness #veteranownedbusiness

Join us on December 6 for our digital pro bono First Friday Morning Office Hours for California microbusinesses. We are ready to help you wrap up 2024 and move on to new possibilities in 2025! We will: * Quickly share our Top 10 list of ways to legally prepare your business for a clean December 31 year-end and new California laws that kick in on January 1. * Be available for the next 60-90 minutes for your brief questions on any preventive business law topic. This #probono community service program is open to any local California #microbusiness or #smallbusiness owner or #founder, #freelancer, #artisan, or #maker who has no affordable access to experienced business lawyers. We have no affiliation with any for-profit law firm and strictly prohibit any marketing or referral of paid legal services to create a safe space for objective learning. While all of our group educational sessions are led by experienced business attorneys, these programs do not constitute legal advice.

We are more fired up than ever to help our local San Francisco Bay Area and California #microbusiness community survive and thrive! The San Francisco Community Business Law Center's last two #probono preventive #businesslaw Office Hours of the year are open for registration to help this population finish strong in 2024 and prepare for 2025: Evening Office Hours - November 25 at 6:00 p.m. First Friday Morning Office Hours - December 6 at 9:30 a.m. SPACE IS LIMITED AND ADVANCE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED: https://lnkd.in/g54bhmni FOR THESE YEAR END SESSIONS: * We'll begin with our TOP 10 LIST for your legal risk management transition from 2024 to 2025 (end of year checklist, new 2025 laws) * Then we'll open to group discussion based on your brief business law questions - first participants to sign in get to ask the first questions. All of our programs are free of charge and available to any #California #community #microbusiness #owner, #artisan, #maker, #freelancer with no access to experienced business lawyers. We have no affiliation with any for-profit law firm, and absolutely NO MARKETING OR REFERRAL to paid legal services is allowed to create a safe space for objective learning. While all of our group educational programs are led by experienced business attorneys, attending events in our virtual classrooms does not constitute legal advice. See you there? San Francisco Office of Small Business San Francisco Economic Development Alliance San Francisco Chamber of Commerce California Office of the Small Business Advocate (CalOSBA) San Francisco Small Business Development Center San Mateo County SBDC Pacific Community Ventures (PCV) Working Solutions CDFI SFMade Mission Economic Development Agency East Bay Economic Development Alliance CAMEO Network

Register here for our "Understanding Intellectual Property" #probono #businesslaw webinar happening on May 21 at 6pm via Zoom: https://lnkd.in/gdqrMhaZ We see over and over again that when community #microbusinesses are harmed by a serious legal dispute over #intellectualproperty rights, the conflict usually arises from rights clearance or rights protection mistakes made in their very first year of business. Please help us reach underserved small businesses with education and resources early, before the damage is done?

Join us on Monday May 13 at 7pm via Zoom for our monthly #probono Evening Office Hours for all #California #microbusinessowners, #freelancers, #makers, and #artisans who have no access to the #businesslaw support they need. After a quick orientation to #nonprofit legal resources for community microbusinesses, we will cover brief questions on any business law topics of your choice. Advance registration required: https://lnkd.in/ggkiBQVz

Remember, our regular First Friday Morning Preventive Business Law Office Hours is happening next week, Friday April 5! Register here: https://lnkd.in/eHjhdxPh First Friday Office Hours are a #probono community service offering from the not-for-profit San Francisco Community Business Law Center, with absolutely no marketing or referral of paid legal services allowed to create a safe space for objective learning. All California #microbusiness #smallbusiness #owners #founders #entrepreneurs #freelancers #artisans #makers who have no access to competent #businesslaw support are welcome to join us.

Can't make it to our regular First Friday Morning Business Law Office Hours because you are too busy taking care of your customers during the day? Pro bono business law EVENING Office Hours begin on Tuesday, March 19! You asked, we responded. Register here: https://lnkd.in/g5H3DaA4 #microbusiness #smallbusiness #womeninbusiness #womenentrepreneurs #owners #founders #entrepreneurs #entrepreneurship #freelancers #makers #artisans #startups #probono #economicjustice #accesstojustice San Francisco Office of Small Business San Francisco Center for Economic Development La Cocina - Nonprofit Kitchen Incubator SFMade Working Solutions CDFI Pacific Community Ventures (PCV) CAMEO - California Association for Micro Enterprise Opportunity Centro Community Partners

"Pro bono Business Law Office Hours at night please?" That was the number one request in our first little survey of local community microbusiness owners. So... yeah, we can do that. Register here for the first "Evenings at 7:00" Preventive Business Law Office Hours, happening on March 19 at 7:00 p.m. via Zoom: https://lnkd.in/g5H3DaA4