Published in B The Change·Jan 10, 2020Your Office, Your Values: Creating Ripples of Impact Through Your DecisionsAn Office Redesign Opens the Opportunity to Support Businesses You Believe In — Offices and workspaces act as reflections of a business’s personality — they can be funky, serious, modern, rustic. But these spaces are also a representation of a business’s values — a chance for companies to share with employees and clients the mission of their organization through intentional purchases. …B Corp5 min read
Published in B The Change·Dec 9, 2019The Mid-Atlantic Guide to B CorpsSee If Your Mid-Atlantic State Provides a Governance Structure for Businesses Seeking Purpose and Profit — In our experience, Certified B Corporations and benefit corporations are not yet common knowledge in many places across the country. We’ve been working to change that, or even to just slightly move the needle, by spreading the word about B Corps and benefit corporation structures through workshops and articles.B Corp3 min read
Published in B The Change·Oct 9, 2019The Southeast Guide to B CorpsSee If Your Southeastern State Provides a Governance Structure for Businesses Seeking Purpose and Profit — In our experience, Certified B Corporations and benefit corporations are not common knowledge in Tennessee or the Southeast … at least not yet. …Startup3 min read
Published in B The Change·Aug 8, 20195 Reasons Your Startup Should Be a Benefit CorpThe Legal Step Entrepreneurs Can Take to Safeguard Their Business’s Purpose — When you’re launching a new business, you are likely hoping to use it to provide an unmet need or solve a problem you see in the world or your community. …Startup8 min read
Jun 4, 2019New USPTO Guidance on CBD TrademarksFeeling like you’ve seen and heard about “CBD oil” more in 2019 than ever before? That’s likely due to the passage of the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018 (known as the 2018 Farm Act), which became law on December 20, 2018. The Farm Act removed hemp from the Controlled Substances…Cbd Oils5 min read
May 20, 2019A Better Office Space in One DayLast month, we posted about our new recyclable binders on social media. As we mentioned in the post, we do try to keep most of our operations in the “cloud” (more on that later), but sometimes we do have to print hard copies of documents and wanted to figure out…Csr5 min read
Apr 9, 20194 Legal Things to Know When Making Digital AdsWe all know how to use Google. Type in what you want and *boom,* you’re able to access thousands of results, with the most relevant information on the first few pages. Right? Well, with the rise of paid internet advertising, companies have started to sneak their way into the top…SEO10 min read
Published in B The Change·Mar 28, 2019The Sponsorship Marketing Model: Advertising with PurposeFind Community Causes That Match Your Company Culture and Impact Goals — Ridgeline Venture Law (RVL) is a Chattanooga, Tennessee-based business, intellectual property and technology law firm. As a Certified B Corporation and Tennessee’s only Best For The World honoree, we believe that the challenging work of building today’s companies for tomorrow’s economies goes hand-in-hand with positively impacting the environmental and social…Marketing7 min read
Mar 21, 2019Startup Incubators, Accelerators, and Entrepreneur Centers in TennesseeRVL® works with many clients who have great business ideas — but we find that they often don’t utilize (or even know about) the network and resources available to them in our state. …Startup4 min read
Mar 19, 2019The Southeast Guide to B CorpsIn our experience, B Corps and Benefit Corporations are not common knowledge in Tennessee or the Southeast… at least not yet. …B Corp3 min read
