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How to protect your business
When you first start up a company, it is exciting just to get started and make that first sale! You might make something or set up a service for a friend and just start selling it straightaway under your own name. Eventually, you might start thinking about getting a business name, a formal business number, and other kinds of company structures.
Build your client base
If you’re building a marketing list and collecting names, email addresses, and other personal information, you need a privacy policy and you need a plan on how you manage that information.
Selling Products and Services Online
Selling your products and services is obviously an important part of every business. You do the work, you want to get paid. So, you need terms and conditions tailored for your online business and delivering services virtually. Your documents and processes should be optimised online.
Member in the Spotlight interview with .au Domain Administration
Our founder and chief contract enthusiast Verity White was recently interviewed by .au Domain Administration about Checklist Legal and how she manages her online business.
Upcoming Event: In-House Lawyers Intensive
Our Founder and Chief Contract Enthusiast Verity White will be joining Leo Cussen, Centre of Law for their upcoming In-House Lawyers Intensive Event. Verity will be hosting a session on E-signatures & Smart Contracts-Risks and Benefits.
How to get paid quicker: Payment demand emails and letter templates
When you’ve done the work, you should get paid. It’s as simple as that. If you want to get paid quicker, this article will show you how to: Build a solid payment structure into your daily business habits, Use proven psychology for following up on late payments, Fire off a payment demand letter that gets $25,000+ results within days (get the template version here) and Increase the chances of your invoices getting paid on time with three easy to implement ideas.
World Sustainable Contracting Day 2022
Better contracts, better business, better society.
This month Checklist Legal founder Verity White will be speaking at World Commerce & Contracting event – World Sustainable Contracting Day 2022. This panel will discuss how design and simplification create empowering contracts.
Client Stories: Jean Yang - CheckThisContract & Onit’s AI Center of Excellence
What does an innovative lawyer do when she needs to add a human touch to her AI contract platform? She calls in plain-English, emoji-loving contract specialist Verity, of course!
100 ways to improve your contracts
Whether your contracts are B2B or for consumers; internal for employees or external for millions of customers, there are lots of ways and even more reasons to improve your contracts for speed, efficiency, values, and client centricity. Here’s my list of 100 ways you can improve your contracts.
Client Stories: Jane Cavanagh Founder of Flute School
In this instalment of our Client Stories series, we catch up with content creation powerhouse Jane Cavanagh from Jane Cavanagh Flute School and discuss how Verity and Checklist Legal helped create contracts for her business.
Rooftop Talks Series with Verity White and Sheree Rubinstein from One Roof
Our Founder & Chief Contract Enthusiast Verity White joined the incredible Sheree Rubinstein for One Roof’s Rooftop Talks Instagram Live Series. Verity and Sheree had a fun conversation about; the origins of Verity’s passion for contract innovation and taking Checklist Legal from a side hustle blog to a legal firm simplifying contracts with automation
Client Stories: Nat Bryant, General Counsel at Sharesies
In this instalment of our Client Stories series, we catch up with the innovative Legal Legend Nat Bryant, General Counsel at Sharesies, who is innovating legal services in her small but might legal team.
Our favourite B Corps and why we love them
March is B Corp month, here is a list of our favourite B Corps and why we love them so much.
Client Stories: Bronwyn Smith Founder of Promoloco
In this instalment of our Client Stories series, we catch up with Bronwyn from Promoloco, who is shaking up the world of promotional merchandise for the better.
Like many small business owners, Bronwyn Smith of Promoloco has a close working relationship with her customers. She initially ran her business on trust, but is now protected by a Checklist legal set of service conditions and privacy policy. Having collaborated with Bron on our gorgeous client gifts and Checklist Legal merch, we’re happy to confirm that despite leveling up her legal protection, she hasn’t lost any of the personalised spirit of her business approach!
IWD Event: World Commerce & Contracting - Panel discussion
Our Founder Verity White is excited to talk all things inclusion, equity, equality and empowerment with Lizzy Kuoth, Sally Guyer, and Bernadette Bulacan on the panel for WCC International Women’s Day Inspiring Women 2022.
Event - Crafty Counsel - Talking conscious contracting with Crafty Innovates
Our founder Verity White talks to the wonderful Crafty Innovates community from Crafty Counsel about Conscious Contracting(™) and the potential impact of this innovative contracting approach for in house practice.
Why bother getting B Corp certified?
Our journey to certification as a B Corporation and tips on where to start if you want to become a B-Corp.
The Storytelling Biz - We Rebranded! Feat. Checklist Legal & Verity White (S2EP4)
Verity joined Michelle Newell from The Storytelling Biz interviewed on Instagram Live recently all about Checklist Legal’s own brand refresh and how she incorporates branding into contracts for her clients.
Re-designing contracts for readability, usability, and trust
Do you have a contract you hate working with? Do you get complaints about how long the contracting process takes? If you aren’t proud of your contracts, you can change them! You can re-design contracts to help better achieve your organisation’s strategy and reduce real business risks (instead of using the same old precedents!).
Legalpreneurs Expo - Law Institute of Victoria Careers Week 2021
The Law Institute of Victoria Legal Innovation and Technology Committee in conjunction with PEXA present the ‘Legalpreneurs Expo’ to inspire and educate legal professionals and law students on the ever growing ways to embed legal innovation in your career. Verity White joined this Panel Discussion event, along with Tom Dreyfus and Sam Flynn from Josef and Eric Chin from Alpha Creates.