Do Small Businesses Need Non-Compete Contracts?
During the early stages of a business, many small business owners work with people who are not employees but rather more like temporary paid collaborators. Whether you hire people to design your website, to write your web copy, or to help you make sales, there’s a good chance that you’ve worked with people for one-time projects or on an ongoing project-by-project basis. If so, have you considered using contracts? There are advantages and disadvantages to using them, and you may not want to use them in all cases, but at the very least it is important to understand what they do and how they can benefit you. Many people avoid using contracts at first, which is understandable. They’re often full of legal jargon and much of the text in a typical contract seems like unnecessary filler. But as soon as a business owner gets burned for the first time, it doesn’t take much convincing to get them to jump on the contract bandwagon. By understanding how contracts work, you can protect yourself at t
