RESOURCES
A little structure.
A lot less chasing.
Guides with checklists, short articles that answer one question each, and free tools, for businesses without a legal department.
Notice deadline calculator
Enter the end of the term and the notice period, and see the last day your notice must arrive.
Open the calculator ↗Contract tracking spreadsheet
Every contract on one list, with each notice deadline worked out and upcoming ones highlighted.
Get the template ↗Find every auto-renewal before it finds you
An afternoon’s work that stops the most expensive contract mistake small businesses make.
Read the guide ↗From spreadsheet to sorted in one afternoon
How to move your contract list, and the files behind it, without starting over.
Read the guide ↗How to build a contract register people trust
A practical starting point for scattered agreements, inboxes and shared drives.
Read the guide ↗Hand over a contract without losing the details
What the people doing the work need to know, and how to make sure they do.
Read the guide ↗Not every contract deadline has a date
A simple way to keep track of duties that start with “if” or “when”.
Read the guide ↗Auto-renewal laws by state: what businesses need to know
Most state automatic renewal laws protect consumers, not businesses. The few that cover contracts a business signs, in New York, Wisconsin and Utah, what they require of suppliers, and what to do when a contract renewed without the notice the law requires.
Read the article ↗Contract management for small businesses: what you actually need
For a small business, contract management means knowing what you signed, where it is, what it commits you to and acting before the dates that matter. What that takes, what you can skip, and how to choose between a spreadsheet and software.
Read the article ↗Free contract tracking spreadsheet template
A free Excel template for tracking contracts, with the notice deadline worked out for each one and upcoming deadlines highlighted. What each column is for, how to fill it in, and when a spreadsheet stops being enough.
Read the article ↗What is an evergreen clause?
An evergreen clause keeps a contract running after its term unless someone gives notice. What the wording looks like, how to spot it, and what to negotiate before you sign one.
Read the article ↗Notice period deadlines: how to work out the last day to cancel
Counting back from the end of a contract gets tricky when months differ in length, the deadline falls on a weekend or notice must arrive rather than be sent. The rules, with a calculator.
Read the article ↗How to stop a contract from renewing automatically
Most business contracts renew themselves unless you give notice in time. How to find the deadline, give notice the way the contract requires, and keep track of it next time.
Read the article ↗How to track obligations in vendor and client contracts
Every contract commits both sides to more than a price and an end date. How to find the obligations in your vendor and client contracts, record them with an owner and a due date, and make sure they get done.
Read the article ↗How to track contract renewal dates (without a spreadsheet that goes stale)
Tracking renewals takes one list with the right columns, a deadline worked out for each contract and a reminder that reaches someone in time. How to set it up, with the spreadsheet formulas, and when a spreadsheet is no longer enough.
Read the article ↗Nothing matches. Try “renewal”, “spreadsheet” or “notice”, or another filter.
Start with
what worries you most.
You don’t need a complete register before things get better. Pick the five contracts that would hurt most to get wrong, usually the lease, insurance, software, phones and your biggest client, and start there.
Start with the renewals guide →YOUR CONTRACTS. YOUR COMMITMENTS. SORTED.
Stop paying for contracts
you meant to cancel.
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