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For this The Deal Room Podcast episode, we have another Ask Me Anything session.

In this episode, our host Joanna Oakey has an Ask Me Anything session with Glen Carlson of Dent Global. Joanna and Glen discuss employee contracts, the right deal team for negotiations and how to balance ultimate protection with the needs of a business owner to make the sale successful.

Our Ask Me Anything sessions are where our host, Joanna Oakey answers your questions, these are the questions that have been provided by you as the listeners or along the way in our day-to-day practice. If you would like to submit a question that you’d like us to answer, then please send it to us at [email protected].

Episode Highlights:

Why should you get a lawyer to help you draft employee contracts rather than just get the templates online
Get the right team for your negotiations
How to balance ultimate protection with the needs of a business to make the sale successful
How to know if you are under-protected legally in your business

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[EP 058] Lessons from a serial startup entrepreneur on starting, building and selling businesses (Part 1)

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[EP 067] How to stop competitors from using and abusing your trademarks

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[EP 057] The leasing timeline and considerations in business sales

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[EP 056] How emotions can impact the business sale process

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[EP 066] How to get the best ROI on your management spend (and reduce employee disputes)

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[EP 055] Using Put and Call Options in M&A transactions

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[EP 065] Spam and Scams with Trademarks and Domain Names

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[EP 054] What to look for when choosing advisors for your business sale, with serial entrepreneur Neil Asher (Part 2)

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[EP 053] How clever marketing can drive a top dollar business sale, with serial entrepreneur Neil Asher (Part 1)

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[EP 064] A 7-point plan to enhance client relationships and grow your business (Part 2)

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[EP 052] 6 Things you can do to speed up your business sale (A Legal Perspective)

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[EP 063] Avoiding client disputes and enhancing client relationships (Part 1)

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[EP 051] M&A across the sea with Joey Walters (A Canadian Perspective)

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[EP 050] 8 Traps that are slowing down your business sale (A Legal Perspective)

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[EP 062] A Quick Guide for Dealing with Commercial Disputes

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[EP 049] Think Tank: New Ideas in business broking, and deal making

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[EP 048] What impact does GDPR have on sale and purchase of business transactions?

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[EP 061] Using numbers to drive growth and strategy (Part 2)

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[EP 047] Buying, Selling and Merging Accounting Practices

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[EP 060] Using numbers to drive growth and strategy (Part 1)

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[EP 046] Quick Tips: Simple steps to getting legally prepared before a sale

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[EP 059] Quick Tips: WARNING for anyone registering business names and companies

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[EP 045] The Future of M&A - and how to be a disruptor in the broking industry

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[EP 058] Leadership: Building Relationships and Developing Communities

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[EP 044] The Future of M&A - and how advisors can get future ready

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[EP 057] The GDPR and its impact on Australian businesses

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[EP 043] Quick Tips: The differences between a share sale, business sale and asset sale

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[EP 056] Leadership: Building a High Performance Culture and Environment for Your Team

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[EP 042] How To Prepare A Trade Business For Sale

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[EP 041] Quick Tips: Brand Protection Issues Before Sale

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[EP 055] The Ins and Outs of the Trade Mark Process

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[EP 040] What's Broken In The Broking Industry?

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[EP 054] The Federal Budget 2018 - Unpacking The Illegal Phoenixing Reforms

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[EP 039] Franchising 101 - Buying, Selling and Everything in Between

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[EP 038] The Risk Of Misrepresentation Allegation In A Sale And Purchase Of Business

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[EP 053] Talking Tax and Business Structures - Top tips on where you might be going wrong (Part 2)

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[EP 037] 8 Ways to Exit Your Business

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[EP 052] Talking Tax and Business Structures - Top tips on where you might be going wrong (Part 1)

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[EP 036] How To Sell A Niche Business

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[EP 051] Franchising 101 - Buying, Selling and Everything in Between

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[EP 035] Coming Full Circle - The Joys Of Retirement After The Business Sale, with Sam De Longis

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[EP 034] My Business Sale Story, with Sam De Longis

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[EP 050] How To Grow Your Business From 0 To $60M - Some Savage Truths With Greg Savage

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[EP 033] How To Grow A Business And Retire On Your Own Terms, with Sam De Longis

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[EP 049] Beating Adversity: How to Get Through the Tough Times in Business and Thrive

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[EP 032] Kerry Boulton on Management Buyouts and Having an Exit Plan

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[EP 031] How Not To Join The M&A Failure Club: The Common Mistakes And How To Avoid Them (Part 2)

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[EP 048] How To Create Branding That Can Be Protected

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[EP 030] How Not To Join The M&A Failure Club: The Common Mistakes And How To Avoid Them (Part 1)

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[EP 047] Growing Pains - Tips for business owners who are scaling up, or working too hard

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[EP 029] Start Up To $60M - Greg Savage on Fast Growth, Acquisitions, IPOs and Management Buyouts (Part 2)

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[EP 046] The Essential Legal Considerations in Branding and Brand Development

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[EP 028] Start Up To $60M - Greg Savage on Fast Growth, Acquisitions, IPOs and Management Buyouts (Part 1)

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[EP 027] On Your Terms: The Commercial and Legal Elements of Preparing a Business for Sale (Part 2)

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[EP 045] New Data Breach Laws - An Essential Legal Update for Business

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[EP 026] On Your Terms: The Commercial and Legal Elements of Preparing a Business for Sale (Part 1)

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[EP 044] Insights into Brand Strategy and Rebranding for Business (Part 2)

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[EP 025] Mid-market M&A Activity in Review - What It Means for You (Part 2)

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[EP 043] Insights into Brand Strategy and Rebranding for Business (Part 1)

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[EP 024] Mid-market M&A Activity in Review - What It Means for You (Part 1)

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[EP 023] Brand and Communication Strategies for Mergers and Acquisitions

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[EP 042] What to Watch Out for in Creative Contracts

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[EP 022] How to Avoid Business Sale Disappointment

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[EP 021] Five Top Tips to Get Your Business Sale-Ready for Medium to Large Service-based Businesses

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[EP 041] Quick Tips: Four Top Tips in Creating an Effective Contract (Part 2)

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[EP 020] Conversations at the CoalFace: Using Acquisition as a Growth Strategy (Part 2)

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[EP 040] Quick Tips: Four Top Tips in Creating an Effective Contract (Part 1)

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[EP 019] Conversations at the CoalFace: Using Acquisition as a Growth Strategy (Part 1)

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[EP 018] What impact will Brexit, Trump and the Asian markets have on the Australian M&A market

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[EP 017] How an innovative approach brought a seller $500k more than expected, in record time

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[EP 016] Case Alert! Issues in Entering into a Conditional Business Sale Agreement

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[EP 015] Tips from a Seller on How to Achieve a Great Sale with James Schramko, SuperFastBusiness

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[EP 039] Quick Tips: Tackling Late Payments in a Business

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[EP 014] The Risks in Using Heads of Agreements and How to Keep Safe with Elizabeth Lee

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[EP 013] Spotlight on Sales with Denise Hall, Business Broker

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[EP 038] Domain Name Duels: How to get domain names back from competitors and cybersquatters

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[EP 012] Earn-out Arrangements: The Tips, the traps and everything in between with Elizabeth Lee

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[EP 011] Today we learn, tomorrow we earn with Richard Hayward, HHMC

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[EP 037] The ACCC gets active suing businesses for unfair contract terms - Are you also in the firing line?

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[EP 010] Promised the World, Delivered an Atlas: Handling (and avoiding) Business Sale Disappointments with Jon Hemming

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[EP 036] Recognising Signs of Insolvency Risks Part 2: Top things many business owners and accountants miss

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[EP 009] The Language of Leasing: What You Need to Know in any Business Sale Transaction with Elizabeth Lee

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[EP 008] Rise of the (Super) Models Part 2: How Financial Modelling Can Benefit Your Business with Michael Hutchens

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[EP 035] Recognising Signs of Insolvency Risks Part 1: Top things many business owners and accountants miss

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[EP 007] Rise of the (Super) Models Part 1: How Financial Modelling Can Benefit Your Business with Michael Hutchens

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[EP 034] Legislation Alert : New Credit Card Surcharge Rules

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[EP 006] Nail the Sale Part 2: Preparing your Business for Sale with Rod Hore, HHMC

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[EP 005] Nail the Sale Part 1: Preparing your Business for Sale with Rod Hore, HHMC

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[EP 033] Quick Tips: What you need to know about business structures

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[EP 032] Quick Tips: How to get out of unfair contract terms if you are a small business

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[EP 004] Sale of the Century: Legal Tips To Prime Your Business For Market

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[EP 003] Setting the Stage Part 2 : Important Lessons From Recent Cases

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[EP 002] Setting the Stage Part 1 : Important Lessons From Recent Cases

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[EP 031] Quick Tips: Sylvester Stallone and Profit Share Deals

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[EP 030] How to ensure your HoAs are binding

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[EP 029] Help! I think I have a descriptive trade mark

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[EP 028] A Slice of Advice - What Pizza Has to do With Your Contractors

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[EP 001] Welcome to The Deal Room podcast

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[EP 027] Legal Traps in Marketing 101

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[EP 026] Firm but Fair: Limiting your exposure to an Unfair Dismissal Claim

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[EP 025] Common Mistakes People Make in the area of Trade marks

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[EP 024] Not happy, Jan! Sensis smackdown under new Small Business Unfair Contracts regime

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[EP 023] Loose Lips Sink Ships: Defamation and its consequences for you

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[EP 022] Out of Sight, Out of Mind? The agreements you need for your offshore staff

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[EP 021] What to Look Out for in Commercial Leases

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[EP 020] Google's Bad Case of the Ex: Uber important lessons to learn about exiting employees

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[EP 019] Progress Made Possible: Tips for securing your research and development grant

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[EP 018] What does climate change have to do with a director's risk of personal liability?

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[EP 017] The Risks Lurking in Your Inbox

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[EP 016] Streamlining the Contracting Process

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[EP 015] The Cost of Developing a Contract Versus the Cost of Litigation

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[EP 014] From Hero to Zero: Lessons from Rhodes & Beckett’s fall from grace

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[EP 013] Demystifying indemnity clauses

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[EP 012] Tying Up Legal Loose Ends for a Fresh Start

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[EP 011] Understanding Commonly Used Contract Terms

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[EP 010] Who owns IP relating to your contracts and your organization

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[EP 009] Tips for Avoiding Unfair Dismissal Claims

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[EP 008] Debunking MoUs

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[EP 007] Answering Common Questions About Trademarks

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[EP 006] Clauses in Contracts You Sign: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

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[EP 005] Trademarks 101: The Basics

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[EP 004] Setting Up Client Relationships Correctly from the Start

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[EP 003] Understanding the New Unfair Contracts Legislation and How the Legislation Impacts Your Business

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[EP 002] Investigating the Different Types of Business Structures and How to Know which Is Best for You

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[EP 001] The 6 Top Legal Landmines in Business

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