In case you missed it, I recently hosted a LinkedIn Live session (I host them every last Wednesday of the month😊) where I discussed the 360 degrees of trouble you can get in if you hire contractors without a written agreement. The unintentional collaborator is your nightmare come true.

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Last week’s newsletter struck a chord. As experts, we have all been victims of someone “borrowing”, aka stealing, our work. We don’t want to be that bad guy.

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