As part of Success Secrets, we talk with entrepreneurs and other professionals about building a business.
This week, I’m talking with Michael Messinger, Esq director of the electronics group at Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein and Fox.
Mike shares why every business needs to know their rights when it comes to intellectual property.
(Image courtesy of Shannon Cherry of BeHeardSolutions.com)

Pamela Slim has some excellent advice in a recent blog post, The “Big Four” every entrepreneur needs. In a nutshell, every company needs a great lawyer, accountant, banker and insurance specialist.
Sure, cash flow is king, and paying big hourly rates to these experts might hurt the pocket book but it’s well worth it. And you should find these people before you need them. It’s better to have a lawyer you’re friendly with before you desperately need one.
Pamela has some good ideas on how to find the right people too…
Ranking the importance of the “big four”, I’d say:

Accountant
Banker
Lawyer
Insurance Specialist

A great accountant …read more