By Mark Combs, Cre8iveDept.com With every ad, brochure or email you send, you should be conveying, restating, or polishing your message. Yes! You, in ...
8 Trade Show Mistakes That Cost Exhibitors
By Mark Combs, Cre8iveDept.com What do you invest in your trade show? There are booth cost, training, shipping to the show, giveaways, promotions, and...
Where do I file my d/b/a?
If you own a business and are using a trade name (doing business under an assumed name, commonly known as “d/b/a” or sole proprietorship) or if yo...
Special considerations for your Living Will and Health Care Proxy
New York is one of two states that do not recognize the authority of family members to make decisions for incapacitated adults. The only way to ensure...
Common misconceptions about spousal inheritance
One thing I am passionate about is dispelling common misconceptions about estate planning. I believe it is really important to have your affairs in or...
Estate Planning: Living Will & Health Care Proxy
It is important to consider what kinds of medical treatment you would want or not want if you should become unable to make health care decisions for y...
Estate Planning: Power of Attorney
In a Power of Attorney, you select one or more people (called an ‘agent’). The agent is given the right to sign documents and transact business on...
Estate Planning: Last Will and Testament
The last will and testament designates who will manage the estate and sets out how to transfer property after death. The document is also commonly ref...
The basics of estate planning
What is estate planning? In estate planning, you anticipate and make arrangements for the disposal of your estate. Your estate is your net worth – t...
Microdistilleries a growing trend in New York
Before 1920, distilleries were a prominent business in New York. Prohibition wiped out the industry, and the repeal of the eighteenth amendment made i...