Action Plan:

• Buy your domain names, and all related, relevant domains.

• Build your badass website- tell the world who you are, and what you do.

• Establish your LLC (www.legalzoom.com)

• Create your airtight contracts.

• Fill out and save a copy of your W-9 form, this will go out to all new clients.

• Make an invoice template that you can fill out for new jobs. Include an invoice #, your contact information, client name and billing information, itemized list of charges, subtotal, sales tax, and grand total. Make sure nothing falls through the cracks here, so the client will know exactly what they are paying for.

• Use HelloSign to send contracts to clients for you both to sign, and execute.

• Visit Gena Jaffe’s website to download legal documents that will secure your business, and make your life so much easier in the long run.

• If you’re in Texas, here is a good resource for lawyers and accountants for the arts!

• For Patents and Trademarks, visit this website.

• Register your copyrights here.