I have an LLC; I filed something with Oregon's Secretary of State.

Congratulations, Entrepreneur. What began as a hobby, as a side hustle, has matured from a paying gig in the evenings to a full-time job. Your business is now your life.

You've been working for a month now, and already you realize not only do you have to fight to make every dollar in your bank account, but you also have to fight to keep every dollar in your bank account.

Everyone is selling something, and you clearly need it.

Customized business pens?

Customized stationery?

How do you expect to make it without your logo on a fleece vest?

How about a monthly charge for an annual plan for a service you don't need?

It's only $20 a month.

Consulting a lawyer?

Maybe you will snag one of those fleece vests.

The word "lawyer" makes you shiver.

Honestly, your business is small. "What is a lawyer really going to do for me at this point?", you think as you trace the shape of your hand with one of your 500 new customized blue ink pens bearing your name on one of your new pieces of stationery with the watermark of an eagle perched on your business name below the phrase "Soaring above your expectations."

What a waste of money you think, while sucking on a peppermint that was once wrapped in cellophane that has your business's name within the outline of a majestic eagle. You really like eagles. You should get a bronze eagle statue for the receptionist's desk. . . after you hire a receptionist. . . And purchase a desk. Write this plan of action in your new business planner: the moleskin notebook with the eagle on it.

A lawyer is a waste of money.

You have an LLC.

You filled an article of something with the Oregon Secretary of State.

You got this.

You know LLC stands for limited liability company, and you know lawyers are expensive, unlike the eagle doormat you just placed in front of your entrance that includes a monthly cleaning service fee of $50. Most lawyers know nothing about eagles. Maybe you should order pineapple flavored candies as well as more peppermint; the salesman said you can order an additional flavor for an extra $5 a month.

The Article of Organization you filed with the Secretary of State is just the beginning. Your business is your life. Protect your life; enrich your life.

Send me an email.

You may only need a simple operating agreement. You may need a complex operating agreement that spells out who brings the coffee and eagle shaped doughnuts every morning. You may need contracts, employee policies, purchase agreements. . . You may not.

You can trust your life, your business, to an online service that will sell you options you do not need and do not understand and end up charging you more than I will, or you can rely on your cousin's advice, who also filed something with some department in Oregon and knows tons about eagles. . . He's good people.

Or, you can call me, and after a quick conversation, I can tell you exactly what you need and craft a solution for a flat fee.