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NEW DATE: Saturday, June 21st (8:00 PM)
Mistress Miriam returns to Studio 30 with an all new show
The Mistress Miriam Show returns to Studio 30 with new songs and stories that will take you on a wild ride.
Always edgy, fun, and entertaining, this show draws you in, lifts your spirit, and will pull you out of your dreary day into a fantastical place!
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The Mistress Miriam Show is:
... Rick Murnane: guitar and vocals
... Rachael Zerbato: bass and vocals
... Mistress Miriam: vocals and everything else

UPCOMING INVITATION-ONLY EVENT:
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Mistress Miriam and Rick Murnane Present:
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An alternative cabaret with stories and songs.
Mistress Miriam, veteran performer and entertainer, tells true stories. They range from the outrageous, to the personal and experiences common to us all.
Accompanied by versatile guitarist Rick Murnnane, the songs are original and covers are unique. The show is funny. But, as always, bring a hankie in case something touches your heart and you have a “moment.”


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Business Boot Camp 4
Miscellaneous Business Matters ...
Summary ...
- Buying an Existing Business
- Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices
- Arbitration and Mediation
- How to Hire a Lawyer and Get the Most for Your Money
Included:
Book Title
Short summary ...

One hour on Zoom
At the completion ...

Business Boot Camp 1
Starting a business ...
Avoid the Most Common Mistakes When You Are Getting Started ...
- Overcoming Fear
- Preparation
- Choosing What to Sell
- Choosing a Name
- Getting FEIN
- Securing Your Online Presence
- Licensing and Permits
- How to Choose the Best Business Structure
- Protecting Business Assets
- Types of Business Property to Protect
- Protecting Land, Buildings, Money and Personal Property
- Copyrights, Trademarks, and Patents
Business Boot Camp 2
Contracts ...
How to Use, Understand and Enforce Business Contracts ...
- Introduction to Contracts
- Ten Things You Must Know About Contracts
- Specific Types of Contracts
- Contracts for the Sale of Goods
- Contracts for the Sale of Services
- Non-Disclosure Agreements
- Business Formation Agreements
- Understanding Common Clauses in Contracts
- Non-Compete and Non-Solicitation Clauses
- Integration, Partial Invalidity and Savings Clauses
- Indemnification Clauses
- Hidden Obligations in Contracts
- Business and Commercial Leases
Business Boot Camp 3
Hiring your Team ...
Summary ...
- Ads, Applications, and Interviews
- Criminal Background Checks, Credit Checks, Drug Testing, Online Snooping
- Documentation and Reporting Requirements
- Types of Employment Relationships
- Independent Contractors vs Employees
- Consequences of Mischaracterizing an Independent Contractor
- At-Will Employment
- Contract for Employment
- Obligations Arising From the Employment Relationship
- Workers Compensation, Unemployment insurance and Withholding Taxes
- Documentation and Reporting Requirements
- Employment Policies (Cell Phones, Computers, Employment Discrimination)
- Employment Policies (Sexual Harassment)
- Employment policies (Vacations, Holidays, Pensions, Profit Sharing)
- Workplace and Job Safety
- Wage and Hour Laws
- Family Medical Leave
- Health Insurance (Affordable Care Act)
- Employment Discrimination
- What is a Protected Class?
- Employer Responsibilities
- Intentional Discrimination
- Discriminatory Impact
- Disability Discrimination
- Sexual Harassment
- Retaliation
- Equal Pay
Announcing Attorney Stallone's comprehensive Business Boot Camp Learning Series
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We walk you through the in's and out's of the legal world, saving you time and money.
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Our webinar series serves as a roadmap based on 28 years of legal experience.
We guide you through even the trickiest legal minefields so you can focus on what's really important: your business!
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Attorney Stallone on the expert panel with Powerteam International business coach Bill Walsh.
Attorney Dianna Stallone has been practicing law for over 28 years. She has helped businesses grow from small start-ups to multi-million dollar enterprises. She has worked at there elite law firms, first in Minneapolis and then in Boston. She is the founder and managing attorney for the Senior Partner Law Group in New York City. She is a trained mediator from a Harvard based mediation program.
Attorney Stallone is a passionate advocate for human and civil rights and has worked with human rights organizations internationally.
She is the author of "The Smart Entrepreneur's Legal Guide" and she leads interactive seminars for business owners and entrepreneurs.
Dianna will speak to your group of business executives and entrepreneurs
"Attorney Stallone has a unique ability to communicate complex issues in way that is easily understandable. Her communication style is informal, entertaining and clear. This is a must-have resource!" G. Simonsen, Marketing Vice President, Network Media Productions
Choose from two talks:
How to Become a Master Negotiator
Effective Communication, Persuasion and Negotiation for Entrepreneurs
Topics Covered:
1. Effective Communication Tools
2. Planning for a Negotiation
3. How to Avoid Common Negotiating Mistakes
4. How to Recognize and Respond to Dirty Negotiating Tricks
Participants will leave with:
Specific tools to effectively advocate for themselves and their businesses
Increased confidence in communication and negotiation
Ability to know when to walk away from a bad deal
Increased ability to close deals so they will be even more successful
How to Avoid Hidden Legal Landmines
Topics Covered:
1. How to Protect Your Business Asset (Copyright, Trademark and Patent)
2. What you Need to Know About the Employment Relationship
3. Three of the Biggest Legal Mistakes and How you Can Avoid Them
Participants will leave with:
An understanding of essential tools to protect business assets
Crucial information about the legal landmines inherent in the employment relationship and how to avoid them
How to recognize and avoid the three biggest legal mistakes made by business owners and entrepreneurs
Secrets of A Master Negotiator:
A comprehensive course in negotiation
Negotiation is a skill that can be easily learned if you have the right training and information. In this online course, you can learn at your own pace as Attorney Stallone shares with you negotiation secrets learned from three decades of negotiating multi-million dollar deals. Every business owner needs to know how to advocate effectively in the business world.
You will learn how to consistently create win-win solutions to problems and how to handle even the most sneaky negotiation tricks. With this tool, you will approach all negotiations, personal and business. with confidence and get even better results.
The full course is comprised of five videos, all of which are designed to be easy to follow and packed with information. The course also includes a comprehensive workbook with examples, exercises, and notes to help you understand and retain the material. Attorney Stallone provides a step-by-step guide from preparing for a negotiation all the way through closing the deal with examples and exercises.
At the end of the course, you will walk away feeling more confident and more prepared. You will be equipped with the skills you need to recognize and respond to negotiating tactics as well as how to communicate your needs in the most persuasive and effective way possible.
Course Outline:
Module 1
Understanding the Nature of Negotiation:
9 Specific tools for Effective Communication
Module 2
Be Prepared:
10 Specific Things to Consider/Evaluate
Module 3
Make a Plan:
6 Steps to Making your Plan
Module 4
Avoid Common Negotiating Mistakes:
Recognize 20 Common Negotiation Mistakes
Module 5
Effectively Respond to Dirty Negotiating Tricks:
Recognize these 11 Tricks
Business Boot Camp Course Content:
Compelling Subheading ...
Here are some of the many aspects of business law you'll be prepared for by avoiding the costly mistakes that can have a catastrophic effect on your young business.
Business Boot Camp 1:
Part 1: Starting a business ...
Avoid the Most Common Mistakes When You Are Getting Started ...
- Overcoming Fear
- Preparation
- Choosing What to Sell
- Choosing a Name
- Getting FEIN
- Securing Your Online Presence
- Licensing and Permits
- How to Choose the Best Business Structure
- Protecting Business Assets
- Types of Business Property to Protect
- Protecting Land, Buildings, Money and Personal Property
- Copyrights, Trademarks, and Patents
Business Boot Camp 2:
Contracts ...
How to Use, Understand and Enforce Business Contracts ...
- Introduction to Contracts
- Ten Things You Must Know About Contracts
- Specific Types of Contracts
- Contracts for the Sale of Goods
- Contracts for the Sale of Services
- Non-Disclosure Agreements
- Business Formation Agreements
- Understanding Common Clauses in Contracts
- Non-Compete and Non-Solicitation Clauses
- Integration, Partial Invalidity and Savings Clauses
- Indemnification Clauses
- Hidden Obligations in Contracts
- Business and Commercial Leases
Business Boot Camp 3:
Hiring your Team ...
Summary ...
- Ads, Applications, and Interviews
- Criminal Background Checks, Credit Checks, Drug Testing, Online Snooping
- Documentation and Reporting Requirements
- Types of Employment Relationships
- Independent Contractors vs Employees
- Consequences of Mischaracterizing an Independent Contractor
- At-Will Employment
- Contract for Employment
- Obligations Arising From the Employment Relationship
- Workers Compensation, Unemployment insurance and Withholding Taxes
- Documentation and Reporting Requirements
- Employment Policies (Cell Phones, Computers, Employment Discrimination)
- Employment Policies (Sexual Harassment)
- Employment policies (Vacations, Holidays, Pensions, Profit Sharing)
- Workplace and Job Safety
- Wage and Hour Laws
- Family Medical Leave
- Health Insurance (Affordable Care Act)
- Employment Discrimination
- What is a Protected Class?
- Employer Responsibilities
- Intentional Discrimination
- Discriminatory Impact
- Disability Discrimination
- Sexual Harassment
- Retaliation
- Equal Pay
Business Boot Camp 4:
Miscellaneous Business Matters ...
Summary ...
- Buying an Existing Business
- Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices
- Arbitration and Mediation
- How to Hire a Lawyer and Get the Most for Your Money




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Your experienced senior level attorney serving you on an 'as-needed' basis ...
Boot Camp 1 Getting Started // Startups & Asset Protection (20:19)
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Boot Camp 1 -Segment 2
Getting Started // More Startup Steps (17:54)
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Boot Camp 1 -Segment 3
Getting Started // More Startup Steps (30:57)
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Boot Camp 1 -Segment 4
Protecting Business Assets (4:19)
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Boot Camp 1 -Segment 5
Getting Started // Protecting Business Property (17:00)
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Boot Camp 2 3 1
Non-Compete, Non-Solicitation (7:22)
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Boot Camp 1 - Segment 6
Getting Started // Copyrights, Trademarks & Patents (30:14)
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Boot Camp 2 3 2
// Partial Invalidity Clauses (6:41)
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Boot Camp 2 S4 1
// Hidden Obligations (11:01)
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Boot Camp 2 - Segment 4 - Lesson 4
Business Formation Agreements (13:30)
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Boot Camp 3 S1 1
Hiring Process // Ads, Applications & Interviews (12:30)
Boot Camp 3 - Part 1 - 1b (2???)
Hiring Process // Criminal Background Checks (10:38)
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Boot Camp 3 - Part 2 2
Consequences
Boot Camp 3 S2 L2
Employment Relationships // Mischaracterizing Independent Contractors (11:00)
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Boot Camp 3 S3 L5
Obligations // Workplace Safety (8:24)
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Boot Camp 3 S3 L6
Obligations // Wage & Hour Responsibilities (16:14)
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Boot Camp 3 4 L8
Employment Discrimination // Equal Pay (5:07)
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Boot Camp 3 SEG3 L6
Obligations Wage and Hours (16:14)
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Boot Camp 4 (Mislabled on video) Part 1 (of 1)
Buying an Existing Business (12:41)
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Boot Camp 4 - Part 2 (1 of 1)
Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices (7:45)
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Boot Camp 4 Part 3 (1 of 1)
Arbitration and Mediation (13:07)
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Boot Camp 4 - Part 4 (1 of 1)
Hiring a Lawyer (18:51)
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Complete outline of course contents
BOOTCAMP I (GETTING STARTED IN BUSINESS
PART I BUSINESS START-UP
Factors to consider, overcoming fear, preparation and choosing what to sell
)Choosing a name, getting an FEIN, securing an online presenc
eHow to choose the best business structure
.PART 2 PROTECTING BUSINESS ASSET
Types of business property to protect
SProtecting land, buildings, money and personal propert
yCopyright, trademark, and paten
t
BOOTCAMP 2 (BUSINESS CONTRACTS)
PART I-HOW TO USE, UNDERSTAND AND ENFORCE BUSINESS CONTRACTS
Intro to contracts
Ten things to know about contracts
PART 2 SPECIFIC TYPES OF CONTRACTS
Contracts for the sale of goods
Contracts for the sale of services
Non-disclosure agreements
Business formation agreements
Commercial leases
PART 3 UNDERSTANDING COMMON CLAUSES IN CONTRACTS
Non-compete and non-solicitation clauses
Integration clauses
Partial invalidity and survival clauses
Indemnification clauses
PART 4 HIDDEN OBLIGATIONS IN CONTRACTS
Implied warranties
Duty of good faith and fair dealing
Installment contract recission
BOOTCAMP 3 HIRING YOUR TEAM
PART I-ADS, APPLICATIONS, AND INTERVIEWS
PART 2-CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS, CREDIT CHECKS, DRUG TESTS, ONLINE SNOOPING
PART 3-DOCUMENTATION AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
PART 4-TYPES OF EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIPS
Independent contractors vs Employees
Consequences of mischaracterization of an independent contractor
At-will employment
Contracts for employment
PART 5 OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP
Workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and withholding requirements
Documentation & reporting requirements
PART 6 EMPLOYMENT POLICIES
Cell phone, computer and employment discrimination policies
Sexual harassment policies
Vacation, holiday, pensions, profit-sharing plan policies
PART 7 WORKPLACE AND JOB SAFETY
PART 8 WAGE AND HOUR LAWS
PART 9 FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE
PART 10 HEALTH INSURANCE (AFFORDABLE CARE ACT)
PART 11 EMPLOYMENT DISRIMINATION
What is a protected class?
Employer responsibilities re discrimination
Intentional discrimination
Discriminatory impact
Disability discrimination
Sexual harassment
Retaliation
Equal pay
BOOTCAMP 4 MISCELLANEOUS LEGAL ISSUES
PART I-BUYING AN EXISTING BUSINESS
PART 2-UNFAIR AND DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES
PART 3-ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION
PART 4-HOW TO HIRE A LAWYER AND GET THE MOST FOR YOUR MONEY



