Category Archives: Opening Stories

Starting Out Solo and Calling It Quits

Guest post by Attorney S.H. This is the story of a girl who went solo and called it quits.  My story begins in May 2008 when I graduated from law school.  I spent that summer studying for the bar and planning for a wedding.  I got married in September 2008 and started my two year…

Six Lessons I’ve Learned Since I Started Working for Myself

This is a repost from Robert Green’s DIY. In May of 2009, I was living in North Dakota and formed 2 LLCs: Green Web Publishing, LLC and Battery Powered Games, LLC. I formed two because the 2 businesses are unrelated and have totally different risks. LLCs and Corporations are specifically to mitigate risk so it made…

John Grisham – in his own words – Started Out Solo

There are a million reason why we start out solo and then a million roads we can take to reach success.  Some people’s success is a profitable firm and a family to go home to.  Some people’s success is growing beyond a solo.  Then there’s John Grisham’s success, which turned out to be a novelist….

Opening Stories – Gabriel Cheong

I graduated law school May, 2007 and passed the MA bar on November, 2007. I opened up my solo practice the day after I passed the bar exam.  This decision came out of both necessity and determination. I went to law school at Northeastern University School of Law in Boston, MA.  They really helped to…