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Bootstrapped: Summer and the small business owner

The NakedLaw series “Bootstrapped” explores the challenges small business owners face as they blog about their experiences starting and running a small business. The series will cover a variety of topics: challenges and successes, tips and advice, trends and insights, and more, as these small business owners share their journeys. This segment is a short interview with Kristi Gorinas, founder and CEO of the Kristi G Company, about the challenges of handling her business in the summer. We met Kristi during an entrepreneurial segment on The Meredith Vieira Show.

Bootstrapping: Trying to Be Present

I was on the plane ride home making my to-do list; groceries, cleaning, work, projects around the house, kids and their activities and appointments. I was feeling a bit overwhelmed thinking of the house in particular and the condition it could be in after being gone, so I decided to take a break and flip through a magazine when I stumbled upon an article about being “present.” It sounds seems simple enough, but I realized that I am rarely present in the moment.

The 8 weirdest legal stories of summer 2015

Not a lot of data is available on seasonal upticks in lawsuits and/or illegal behavior (when asked for comment, Josh King, Avvo’s general counsel, would only say “crazy lawsuits know no season”) but based on the below examples from the 2015 summer to date, it appears the hot weather might be getting to some people