Warren Zevon Was Recently Inducted Into The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Zevon was one of those “critically acclaimed” guys that never truly hit it big. He was always someone who was “your favorite artist’s favorite artist”. He had a big hit with “Werewolves of London”, but his other bangers - Excitable Boy, Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner & even the Linda Rondstat hit Poor Poor Pitiful Me never had the same guttural excitement of his Lawyers, Guns & Money. (Record World called LG & M “rock & roll at its angriest”.)
Starting a business in your 50s or 60s or 70s or later can often feel overwhelming. Let’s hope these 4 lines don’t pop out of your mouth:
Now I'm hiding in Honduras
I'm a desperate man
Send lawyers, guns, and money
The shit has hit the fan
But seriously, it can be hard to get everything done that you need to do.
Maybe if Warren had invested in Masterworks, he wouldn’t have needed the money part?
Here’s an un-boring way to invest that billionaires have quietly leveraged for decades
If you have enough money that you think about buckets for your capital…
Ever invest in something you know will have low returns—just for the sake of diversifying?
CDs… Bonds… REITs… :(
Sure, these “boring” investments have some merits. But you probably overlooked one historically exclusive asset class:
It’s been famously leveraged by billionaires like Bezos and Gates, but just never been widely accessible until now.
It outpaced the S&P 500 (!) overall WITH low correlation to stocks, 1995 to 2025.*
It’s not private equity or real estate. Surprisingly, it’s postwar and contemporary art.
And since 2019, over 70,000 people have started investing in SHARES of artworks featuring legends like Banksy, Basquiat, and Picasso through a platform called Masterworks.
23 exits to date
$1,245,000,000+ invested
Annualized net returns like 17.6%, 17.8%, and 21.5%
My subscribers can SKIP their waitlist and invest in blue-chip art.
Investing involves risk. Past performance not indicative of future returns. Reg A disclosures at masterworks.com/cd
So, Here is a Really Incomplete List of Resources for Getting Your Business Started
LAWYERS → Legal Stuff:
OK, nobody wants to deal with lawyers (and if you are a lawyer reading this - obviously, you are the exception…). But not everyone has a lawyer that they can call. Why does one need a lawyer? Well, there are a million reasons, but here are a couple of times & a few resources:
Incorporation: Some people hire a lawyer for this…but here are some other options:
Contracts: You can use these legal document marketplaces to get a start with basic contracts and NDAs and all that stuff. Get it reviewed by a real lawyer, though.
Rocket Lawyer → If a lawyer has produced it, there is a template here.
LegalZoom → Contracts & examples of any legal document you can imagine.
JustAnswer → you can pay per answer with lawyers in your state
GUNS → Hiring
Hiring is hard. It takes time and if you are hiring for a role that you don’t know how to do, it is doubly hard. There are some ways to make it easier, though:
Upwork: This is a great marketplace to find talent. Lots of international talent where communication might be difficult, but follow the reviews and you can find someone of high quality to do everything from voice overs to website development to 3d architectural renders.
FreeUp: This is another marketplace where the talent is really quite good - and I’ve had terrific luck hiring here.
MarketerHire: Need a top notch marketer? This is your spot. Excellent talent pool.
Toptal: Need a serious experienced talent, especially in programming or finance? This is a place to look.
MONEY → Moola
Mercury.com: Terrific business banking with integrated invoicing. Use this link and get a $250 bonus when you open an account and make $10K in deposits in the 1st 90 days.
QuickBooks: We all have to deal with accounting & taxes. Quickbooks makes all of that stuff easier. They also have banking, payroll and credit card processing. Easy peasy, lemon squeezy. (As of this writing, they are having a 70% off for 3 months sale…)
Gusto: Payroll and hiring, health insurance, employee benefits, 401k, payroll, HR compliance stuff, contractor payments & more all in one place. Very good company…
OTHER STUFF
Amazon Business: Amazon has business purchasing - and you can score some discounts. Business Prime is more expensive ($179/yr) but anyone on your business domain can use it. It might save you some cash?
AARP Business: Full of great resources for small and mediums business run by those of us in the silver haired set.
Your Next 5 Moves: An easy to read ebtrepreneur’s guide to strategic thinking (super important when you are trying to control the chaos)!
What Other Resources Would You Like Us To Uncover?
Let us know!
chapter neXt is a newsletter/community/guide for entrepreneurial folks in their 50s and beyond. It is published by Julia Kelahan (check her out on LinkedIn, her amazing strength-based learning center & her ADHD & Executive Function coaching business) and Tim Kilroy (check him out on LinkedIn & his agency growth business & his agency-focused newsletter). They are the proud parents to 5 kids, they live near Boston & their dog’s name is Fred.