6 Steps to Legally Starting a Wedding Business

6 Steps to Legally Starting a Wedding Business

Whether you’re a wedding planner, photographer, event venue, videographer, makeup artist, DJ, cake baker— ANYTHING— starting a wedding and event business can be an exciting and fulfilling career path.

However, before you start selling your products or services, it's important to ensure that you are operating legally— or you can face steep consequences (or fines!).

Here, we’ll outline the basic steps to start your business legally— and I promise, it won’t be painful!

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Five Contracts Every Wedding Pro MUST Have

Five Contracts Every Wedding Pro MUST Have

You're a creative business owner.  Stop for a second and realize how AWESOME that is.  You're DOING IT!
Now take a second to realize that your business, while amazing and special and unique, has to play by certain rules.  And that you must ensure your business-- and all the hard work that goes along with it-- is protected. The best way to do this? Through tight, niche-focused contracts.  These contracts, drafted by lawyers who know the ins- and outs- of the industry, will do three very important things….

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