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Episode 18: How to Turn a Viral Moment into a Successful Business with Sherrica Sims (transcript)
Shontavia Johnson (00:00): What's up, y'all. Welcome to The Shontavia Show, where my goal is to help you start a business based on your life's vision. This ain't gonna be your daddy's business advice. I'm laser focused on entrepreneurship in the 21st century, vision...
#17: Copyrights 101 for Content Creators
Do you create social media posts? Write articles/blog posts? Record videos? Take selfies/other pictures? If you do any of these things, you have created work that might be protected by copyright law. If you create any of these things for your brand or business, it's...
Episode 17: Copyrights 101 for Content Creators (transcript)
(00:00): What's up, y'all. Welcome to The Shontavia Show, where my goal is to help you start a business based on your life's vision. This ain't gonna be your daddy's business advice. I'm laser focused on entrepreneurship in the 21st century, vision and breaking the...
#16: What’s a trademark? How to identify one of most important parts of your business
What's your favorite brand of water? Evian? Aquafina? VOSS? If I put variousĀ glasses of water side by side, without the bottles and labels, could you look at each one and know DEFINITELY which brand was which? If you tasted each one, would you DEFINITELY know which...
Episode 16: What’s a trademark? How to identify one of most important parts of your business (transcript)
In this episode of The Shontavia Show, host Shontavia Johnson runs through trademarks 101–she talks about why trademarks are one of the most important components of a business, and the different types of trademarks that exist. If you’re wondering what a trademark is and whether you have any, check out this episode!
#15: Raising Startup Capital with Bandwagon Founder and CEO Harold Hughes
In this episode of the #ShontaviaShow, host Shontavia Johnson interviews Harold Hughes, the Founder and CEO of Bandwagon Fanclub, Inc., about raising money in the twenty-first century startup world.
Episode 15: Raising Startup Capital with Bandwagon Founder and CEO Harold Hughes (transcript)
Shontavia Johnson (00:00): What's up, y'all. Welcome to The Shontavia Show, where my goal is to help you start a business based on your life's vision. This ain't gonna be your daddy's business advice. I'm laser focused on entrepreneurship in the 21st century, vision...
#14: Intellectual property basics for creators – patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets
On this episode of The Shontavia Show, Shontavia breaks down the four major types of intellectual property (IP) for creators and entrepreneurs: patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets. She explains why they are important, the basics of each type, and the questions you should ask to figure out whether you have IP and when you should take steps to protect your IP.
Episode 14: Intellectual property basics for creators – patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets (transcript)
What's up, y'all. Welcome to The Shontavia Show, where my goal is to help you start a business based on your life's vision. This ain't gonna be your daddy's business advice. I'm laser focused on entrepreneurship in the 21st century, vision and breaking the traditional...
#13: Choosing a business structure: From sole proprietors and LLCs to corporations and nonprofits
Starting a business basically turns you into the final judge and jury for about 12,000 different decisions. This is great, but it might also be a little bit unnerving when you're considering X vs. Y without knowing a whole lot about either one. I created this episode...