{"id":232302,"date":"2010-01-26T12:10:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-26T17:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/readwritestart\/2010\/01\/legal-resources-for-startups.php"},"modified":"2010-01-26T12:10:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-26T17:10:00","slug":"list-of-legal-resources-for-startups-and-entrepreneurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/232302","title":{"rendered":"List of Legal Resources For Startups and Entrepreneurs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/readwritestart\/images\/gavel_jan10.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"103\" \/>Lately on the startup blogosphere there has been a lot of talk about lawyers and how they relate to startups and entrepreneurs. A few weeks ago, <a href=\"http:\/\/walkercorporatelaw.com\/about-the-founder\/\">Scott Edward Walker<\/a>, a guest author on <a href=\"http:\/\/venturehacks.com\/\">Venture Hacks<\/a>, posted his <a href=\"http:\/\/venturehacks.com\/articles\/hate-lawyers\">Top 10 reasons why entrepreneurs hate lawyers<\/a>, which prompted venture capitalist Mark Suster to write <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bothsidesofthetable.com\/2010\/01\/21\/how-to-work-with-lawyers-at-a-startup\/\">How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of whether lawyers are something entrepreneurs should loathe or love, it seems as though a curation of legal resources for startups was in order. The following is a list (in no particular order or rank) of blogs, articles, websites, VC tips and other online resources for entrepreneurs and startups. <\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><em>Sponsor<\/em><br \/><a href='http:\/\/d.ads.readwriteweb.com\/ck.php?n=abeaf43a&amp;cb=17957' ><img src='http:\/\/d.ads.readwriteweb.com\/avw.php?zoneid=14&amp;cb=17957&amp;n=a6d5ead9' border='0' alt='' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The goal is to create a resource that startups can continue to come back to, so if you have some suggestions that aren&#8217;t on the list, please let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n<h2>Blogs<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thestartuplawyer.com\/\">The Startup Lawyer<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.startupcompanylawyer.com\">Startup Company Lawyer<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalstartupblog.com\">Global Startup Blog<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.venturelaw.blogspot.com\/\">Venture Law Lines<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/freelandbenevich.blogspot.com\/\">Freeland Benevich PLLC<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasonmendelson.com\/\">Mendelson&#8217;s Musings<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.startupcompanylawblog.com\/\">Startup Company Blog<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wac6.com\/\">William Carleton, Counselor @ Law<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigstartups.com\/tags\/blogs\/use%20of%20lawyers\">BigStartups.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.spamnotes.com\/\">Spam Notes<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.emergingenterprisecenterblog.com\/\">Emerging Enterprise Center Blog<\/a> <br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bizzbangbuzz.blogspot.com\/\">BizzBangBuzz<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Online Legal Tools<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legalriver.com\/\">Legal River<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.legalzoom.com\/\">Legal Zoom<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nolo.com\/\">Nolo<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsgr.com\/wsgr\/Display.aspx?SectionName=practice\/termsheet.htm\">Term Sheet Generator<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nvca.org\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;view=article&#038;id=108&#038;Itemid=136\">NVCA Model Legal Documents<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Recent Articles<\/h2>\n<p>AllBusiness.com &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allbusiness.com\/business-planning-structures\/starting-a-business\/2579-1.html\">Start-Up Legal and Licensing To-Do List for Small Business<\/a><\/em><br \/>\nEntrepreneur.com &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/startingabusiness\/startupbasics\/legalissues\/article59092.html\"><em>Answers to Your Startup Legal Questions<\/em><\/a><br \/>\nJeremy Freeland &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/freelandbenevich.blogspot.com\/\"><em>Early Stage Tech Companies &#8211; When Should You Involve a Lawyer?<\/em><\/a><br \/>\nVenture Hacks &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/venturehacks.com\/articles\/bram-cohen-lawyers\"><em>Bram Cohen: &#8220;Lawyers can&#8217;t tell you you can&#8217;t do something&#8221;<\/em><\/a><br \/>\nVenture Hacks &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/venturehacks.com\/articles\/hate-lawyers\"><em>Top 10 reasons why entrepreneurs hate lawyers<\/em><\/a><br \/>\nVentureBeat &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/entrepreneur.venturebeat.com\/2010\/01\/25\/ask-the-attorney-what-issues-do-i-need-to-consider-when-forming-a-start-up\/\"><em>Ask the Attorney: What issues do I need to consider when forming a start-up?<\/em><\/a><br \/>\nHarvard Business School &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/hbswk.hbs.edu\/item\/3348.html\"><em>Top Ten Legal Mistake Made By Entrepreneurs<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Tips From VCs<\/h2>\n<p>Brad Feld &#038; Jason Mendelson &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.feld.com\/wp\/archives\/2005\/08\/term-sheet-series-wrap-up.html\"><em>Term Sheet Series Wrap Up<\/em><\/a><br \/>\nGuy Kawasaki &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.guykawasaki.com\/2007\/09\/the-top-ten-six.html#axzz0VM3lKUJm\"><em>The Top Ten (Sixteen) Lies of Lawyers<\/em><\/a><br \/>\nMark Suster &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bothsidesofthetable.com\/2010\/01\/21\/how-to-work-with-lawyers-at-a-startup\/\"><em>How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup<\/em><\/a><br \/>\nDon Rainey &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/startups.typepad.com\/my_weblog\/2008\/07\/son-youre-going.html\"><em>Son, you&#8217;re going to get your butt kicked<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Law Firms &#038; Lawyers<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/walkercorporatelaw.com\/\">Walker Corporate Law<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.grellas.com\/\">George Grellas &#038; Associates<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.morganlewis.com\/\">Morgan Lewis<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dorsey.com\/\">Dorsey &#038; Whiteney LLP<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fenwick.com\/\">Fenwick &#038; West<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.siliconlegal.com\/\">Silicon Legal<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodwinproctor.com\/\">Goodwin Proctor<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Other<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grellas.com\/faq_business_startup.html\">Startup Law 101<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/giffconstable.com\/web-startup-lawyers-list\/\">Great Web Startup Lawyers <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/thestartuplawyer.com\/startup-lawyer\/25-startup-law-resources\">25 Startup Law Resource<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>From ReadWriteWeb<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/readwritestart\/2010\/01\/stock-options-101-negotiating.php\">Stock Options 101: Negotiating Ownership<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/readwritestart\/2010\/01\/why-no-one-will-sign-your-nda.php\">Why No One Will Sign Your NDA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Ryan Roberts&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/thestartuplawyer.com\/startup-lawyer\/25-startup-law-resources\">25 Startup Law Resources<\/a> was a key jumping-off point for a good portion of the links found in this list, so thanks Ryan!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/walkn\/\">walknboston<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/readwritestart\/2010\/01\/legal-resources-for-startups.php#comments-open\">Discuss<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/OhykXXatnZK0xkupuvrnHAgEG2A\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/OhykXXatnZK0xkupuvrnHAgEG2A\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/OhykXXatnZK0xkupuvrnHAgEG2A\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/OhykXXatnZK0xkupuvrnHAgEG2A\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=lZpVvkYUS34:Mpe7ZWGjkeQ:FFnlKYwJmN0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?d=FFnlKYwJmN0\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=lZpVvkYUS34:Mpe7ZWGjkeQ:Ij26kaj3iuU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?d=Ij26kaj3iuU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=lZpVvkYUS34:Mpe7ZWGjkeQ:C2pbw5bZMiI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?d=C2pbw5bZMiI\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=lZpVvkYUS34:Mpe7ZWGjkeQ:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=lZpVvkYUS34:Mpe7ZWGjkeQ:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?i=lZpVvkYUS34:Mpe7ZWGjkeQ:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=lZpVvkYUS34:Mpe7ZWGjkeQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?i=lZpVvkYUS34:Mpe7ZWGjkeQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=lZpVvkYUS34:Mpe7ZWGjkeQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?i=lZpVvkYUS34:Mpe7ZWGjkeQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?a=lZpVvkYUS34:Mpe7ZWGjkeQ:OqabYuBsmOY\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/readwriteweb?d=OqabYuBsmOY\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/readwriteweb\/~4\/lZpVvkYUS34\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lately on the startup blogosphere there has been a lot of talk about lawyers and how they relate to startups and entrepreneurs. 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