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You are looking for a New York startup attorney. This small business law firm is focused on entrepreneurs and artists. In New York City, call us at 212.206-9104; on Long Island, call us at 631-254-0804 (Nassau and Suffolk County). Let Prywes, PC take care of your crowdfunding campaign, file your LLC or corporation, draft your operating agreements, shareholder agreements or joint venture agreements. Let us help you figure out the best language for Terms and Conditions, Employment Manuals, or Non-Disclosure Agreements.
Reports of the demise of criticism have been grossly exaggerated. Sure, the type of critic wickedly portrayed in Oscar winner Birdman may find very few customers, but, in this age of "on demand content creation," audiences crave the nuanced observations and heartfelt feelings from a longtime critic and reporter such as CNN's Gene Seymour.
Read MoreWhen you are getting 90+ ratings and Gold Awards, when Forbes is saying your flagship artisan spirits product is "far superior" to that of your counterparts, waxing poetic and promising "trust me when I say you will love this rum," it would make sense that you would charge an arm and a leg for such a product, right? Wrong. Conventional wisdom doesn't help you compete against the billion dollar big boys.
Read MoreIt is with heavy heart that I announce the departure of Todd Schwartz from Prywes Schwartz, PLLC. Todd resigned last week as my business partner and will pursue endeavors outside of law. I, of course, wish him well. He has been a good friend and a fine attorney. I am very grateful for the past year and a half we have spent building this practice from nothing.
Read MoreWarner Brothers scooped up the rights to John's page-turner "American Pain" shortly after the manuscript sold to a publisher. Hollee singlehandedly oversees one of West Virginia's hottest salon/day spas. They are both published authors and university professors. And, with two sons, they are a tight-knit family.
Read MoreKimra Luna is an online rock star. Maybe not in the literal sense. But people get excited about her and for good reason: she has an amazing rags-to-riches story, and managed to quickly build a brand and community in a way that has attracted the likes of Forbes and Business Insider.
Read MoreIt was a perfect idea. My girlfriend and I weren't yet old enough to rent a car, so we caught a ride with someone who owned an '87 Ford Taurus. My girlfriend had an aunt with an apartment in the French Quarter who fled every February, so it was a fair swap.
Read MoreI can identify with Charlie. He is an accidental voice over artist, and I am an accidental lawyer. We are both good at what we do to earn money, and we enjoy making money this way, but we had never planned to make this our life's work.
Read MoreCraig and Eva were walking past the red carpet premiere of a movie at the Ziegfeld in Manhattan when an idea grabbed hold of them and slowly but surely became a reality. What if a family or a group of friends could make a movie together and then attend a red carpet premiere for that movie?
Read MoreLast year, "American Horror Story" fan-favorite Naomi Grossman was invited to Northwestern University to teach aspiring actors the lessons she learned about building an actor's life in Hollywood.
Read MoreHave you ever wondered what it's like to get in the mind of a great composer, how he or she strings together a combination of different instruments into a symphony that speaks to your soul? Jim Dooley, not even in his 40s yet, is already the winner of the Emmy Award for Composition for a Primetime Television Series. He has worked on great film scores such as "Gladiator," and has expanded his repertoire into video games, animated film, and even sports.
Read MoreThere was a time in New York's history when driving a car into the city meant wondering if a man armed with a water-filled squeegee would clean your windshield,uninvited, as you sat in traffic. The water was often dirty, but you would feel obligated to pay him anyhow, because... well, it was never really conscious why.
Read MoreWhat business does an attorney have hosting an interview show about the arts and entrepreneurship? I'm not gonna lie; it's been a lot of fun getting to know the creative processes of writers, producers, entertainers, entrepreneurs. But it has been also useful for me as an attorney to better understand the needs of my clients.
Read MoreThe end of a year is a time to reflect on the changes in our lives, and that holds true for the life of American law, which often struggles to keep up with technology. From the arrival of new forms of, and new uses for, social media (iTunes App Store favorites Periscope and Meerkat, with Facebook bringing the competition) to the envelope-pushing of artists and photographers, law related to art and entrepreneurship is in as much a state of flux as it has ever been.
Read MorePeople love Christmas cards. People love to hold textured paper in their hands, and know that someone spent a little more--even if it's the cost of postage--to share a special sentiment. But technology has given us the ability to share a special sentiment every day for free.
Read MoreI have been told a number of times by potential clients, "I have my investors in place." My heart drops when I hear this, because it often means that a resourceful creative (and usually young) entrepreneur has gone about fundraising improperly. The minute founders of a company seek outside investment (which is NOT the same as donation-based crowdfunding such as Kickstarter or Indiegogo), those founders are dealing with the exchange of "securities," and must conform to certain rules, or face potentially painful penalties.
Read MoreShe called as we finished dinner, and Caller ID told me she was calling from Northwestern University. I think her name was Natalie, but to be honest, I wasn't paying close attention, because I knew that she was calling to ask for money.
Read MoreThere's a popular belief in the startup world that a small business would be wise to launch an enterprise that is "narrow and deep" rather than "broad and shallow." In other words, if you are building, let's say, an app that tells you every time a fresh batch of bagels is available in one of New York's gazillion bagel shops (piping hot NY bagels are an art form), you don't want to start off in Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island and the Bronx all at once.
Read MoreIt's been 6 months since "Mad Men" closed a chapter in television history, and I am still in mourning. The writers and producers, let alone the actors, left an indelible mark, especially with the show's primary through-line {spoiler alert}: a "nobody" named Dick Whitman stole his dead commanding officer's identity, and became Don Draper, a somebody.
Read MoreMaybe it's karma. I have been posting a lot of articles about "life story rights" lately. Questions of copyright, trademark, rights of publicity and privacy seem to affect every film, play, and television series I advise. So maybe I shouldn't be surprised that there's some dude out there that's pretending to be me.
Read MoreI spent three days this month in a Suffolk County jury pool, and never was interviewed by an attorney. While others were praying their name would not be pulled from the proverbial hat, I prayed that mine would be. Surely there was no way I would be picked for a jury. I used to be a trial lawyer.
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