Welcome to the How of Business with Henry Lopez and David Begin, the podcast that helps you start, run, and grow your small business.

And now, here are your hosts.

This is Henry Lopez.

Welcome to this episode of The How of Business.

My guest today is Christina Scalera. Christina,

welcome to the show. Thanks, Henry. It's great to be here. Great to have you. Christina is the attorney

and founder behind the contract shop, a contract template store for creative entrepreneurs,

wedding professionals, and coaches, and really for small business owners,

as you'll understand as we have the conversation today. Three years ago, Christina found herself

dreaming of pursuing a more creative path, and she started to look for alternatives to her

in-house legal job. She explored everything from teaching yoga to becoming a freelance

graphic designer to opening an Etsy shop. In the process, she ended up coming full circle

by creating a business that brought the benefits of her legal training to help her fellow

creatives and other small business owners. When she's not staring at a computer or awkwardly, as she says, standing on a cafe chair

taking up or trying to take the perfect picture overhead of a latte, you can find her in the

woods doing things that are sometimes dangerous, but always fun, like riding horses,

skiing and reluctantly camping, as she says.

Sounds like my version of camping.

Christina spent some time in McKinney, Texas growing up, which is in the area where I am in the Dallas area.

She now spends time in between Atlanta and in Colorado, where she's speaking to us today because she loves to ski.

And so in this episode, she's going to share with us her interesting journey, as I just alluded

to how she went from studying to be an attorney, being an attorney, and then wanting to

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