Start-up founders will have signed (and presumably read) quite a few legal documents (and even written a few themselves) before they hire a real lawyer. They sh

Start-up founders will have signed (and presumably read) quite a few legal documents (and even written a few themselves) before they hire a real lawyer. They should have had a real lawyer look over a few things first (on a consulting basis), as may be required by their E&O insurance, but they will have done quite a bit of "lawyerish" work themselves. They may have also emptied the bins, unplugged the toilets, watered the potplants, and done a lot of other routine maintenance work. There are very few jobs that can't be done (to a certain extent) by a non-professional. Practicing medicine is one obvious professional-only profession, but even then there are gray areas. Before you hire a company doctor, should you look into getting a sick bay, and doing a first aid course?