006: Trademarks, Copyright, Contracts...oh my! The legal side of starting and scaling a business with attorney Yasmine Salem Hamdan
Powerhouse Women
Lindsey Schwartz
4.9 • 912 Ratings
🗓️ 2 May 2019
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Today's show is a particularly critical one if you're building a business of your own. Making sure that you have a solid legal foundation and that your brand is protected will give you the peace of mind and confidence to go out and make the difference that you know you're meant to make.
My guest today is Yasmine Salem Hamdan aka @startuplawyerlady - a Dallas-based Brand Protection Attorney serving online business owners & entrepreneurs. Yasmine's philosophy is rooted in being proactive, as opposed to reactive, when it comes to developing a solid legal foundation for a business and protecting intellectual property.
In this episode you'll learn:
- How to legally protect your brand and business
- The difference between a trademark, copyright, & patent
- How to develop a strong brand or product name
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| 0:00.0 | Today's show is especially important if you are building a business of your own. |
| 0:06.4 | Making sure that you have a solid legal foundation and that your brand is protected |
| 0:11.7 | will actually give you peace of mind and more confidence to go out there and make the |
| 0:16.4 | difference that you know you are meant to make. |
| 0:19.6 | My guest today is Yaznine Salem-Hamden, |
| 0:23.2 | and you can find her on Instagram as the startup lawyer lady |
| 0:26.5 | if you're not already following her. |
| 0:28.3 | She is a Dallas-based brand protection attorney |
| 0:31.3 | who serves online business owners and entrepreneurs. |
| 0:35.0 | What I love about Yzine's philosophy is that it's rooted in being |
| 0:38.7 | pro-active, not reactive, when it comes to developing a solid legal foundation for your business |
| 0:45.1 | and essentially protecting your intellectual property and all the hard work that you've put in. |
| 0:51.4 | Seriously, she has so much wisdom. We were only able to get through a fraction |
| 0:55.5 | of it in this podcast episode. So we recorded an extended version of the episode for our |
| 1:02.4 | girl gang membership community, which includes her advice on where you should invest first |
| 1:08.7 | when it comes to the legal foundation of your business, especially |
| 1:12.0 | if you're on a limited budget. So you can learn more about the Girl Gang membership and join the party |
| 1:17.1 | at powerhousewomen.co slash girl gang. But without further ado, I cannot wait for you to hear |
| 1:23.6 | my conversation with the startup lawyer lady herself. So let's dive in. Welcome to |
| 1:30.8 | Powerhouse Women, the podcast for women who know they are ready for more. I'm Lindsay Schwartz, |
| 1:37.4 | your host and the founder of Powerhouse Women. And together we'll unlock the confidence and clarity |
| 1:43.4 | you are looking for to help you get out |
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