Book Review
The LegaliTEAs of Entrepreneurship: The Relentless Pursuit of Excellence and Balance in Starting Your Own Business by Lisa Bonner is a must-have "how to" guide that gives you the tea on starting and maintaining your own business from a legal perspective, dispensed with a side of practical, first-hand advice that every entrepreneur needs.
Whether you are looking to embark on entrepreneurship, or you are an established business owner, Lisa Bonner’s book The LegaliTEAs of Entrepreneurship: The Relentless Pursuit of Excellence and Balance in Starting Your Own Business, has the answers to the questions that concern every entrepreneur in this easy to read, informative small-business primer. Pulling from her multifaceted career as a veteran attorney, journalist, media producer, travel enthusiast and travel writer-and having operated a successful law practice for over two decades-Lisa draws from her personal and professional life in dispensing legal advice on how to start and maintain a business properly from the ground up, and spilling the tea on how to stay sane in the process.
Author Quotes
You have to have that vision of what you want, and you have to want it badly enough and work like hell to make it happen.
Bet on yourself, believe in yourself, and do the work!
About the Author
Lisa Bonner, a successful entrepreneur for over 20 years, is a veteran entertainment and intellectual property attorney who provides counsel for large media companies, film distribution companies, producers, writers and publishers for her firm's music, television and film clients. She is a frequent legal contributor on various television programs and provides legal editorial coverage for various print and online news outlets. Lisa also hosts The LegaliTEA a popular podcast that is syndicated on Apple, Spotify, Google Play and other platforms. Lisa lectures extensively on entertainment and intellectual property matters for various associations and law schools including Harvard Law School, ASCAP, and The Grammy Foundation. An avid traveler, Lisa has traveled to 84 countries and has served as a travel journalist for several publications, including YahooTravel!, Ebony and Essence magazines. Lisa is a critically acclaimed television producer on several productions including Little Ballers, which debuted on Nickelodeon which was nominated for a 2016 NAACP Image Award, Little Ballers Indiana and Foreman, the authorized biography of George Foreman which debuted on Epix. She currently has several television productions in development with various media companies. Lisa graduated with honors from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Journalism and received and a J.D. from New York University School of Law. She is a Silver Star Soror of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated, a member of the International Women's Forum and a volunteer with Meals on Wheels. Lisa is a Board Member Emeritus of Break the Cycle, serves on the Board of Directors and Vice Chair for the National Black Arts Festival, and immediate past board member for Silence the Shame and the Bronze Lens Film Festival.
Why LoA loves it…
Whether you are starting out in business, or you are in growth mode, ensuring that your business is built on a strong legal foundation is so important. But it can also be a daunting process, so that’s where Lisa Bonner’s insights in her book The LegaliTEAs of Entrepreneurship, come in really handy. Lisa has some great nuggets of wisdom to share, together with many years’ of legal and business experience. So if you want to build a company to last, one that has strong foundations from the outset, then this is a great read. — Melanie Hawken, founder & ceo, Lionesses of Africa