5. Thou Shalt Not Hire An Attorney
Link: 20 startup tips
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Automattic Inc., the folks who maintain the popular wordpress blogging platform, have posted a great blurb in the Terms of Sevice section of their site:
…we've decided to make the below Terms of Service available under a Creative Commons Sharealike license, which means you're more than welcome to steal it and repurpose it for your own use, just make sure to replace references to us with ones to you, and if you want we'd appreciate a link to WordPress.com somewhere on your site. We spent a lot of money and time on the below, and other people shouldn't need to do the same.
There are lots of similarly formatted documents available for almost every imaginable business need, much of it on-line. See LawInfo.com and Nolo (Dane's suggestion) for starters.
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May 1st, 2007 at 10:13 am
This post was interesting. It’s helpful to know that I can rip off the legal language from wordpress’ website. I don’t necessarily agree with the advice not to hire a lawyer. The biggest mistake a start-up can make is being cheap on the legal front and not having a professional handle the legal stuff, which can get complicated and tricky if you don’t know what you’re doing. Now I’m not advocating spending a ton of money, but try to find a law firm that will defer fees until you raise money. Many west coast firms will do this. You can check out some of our posts on the legal topic at our blog http://www.oncardblog.com. Cheers!
March 21st, 2011 at 4:30 pm
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