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Also: rather than immediately going to UpCounsel or LawTrades, try finding a local lawyer through e.g. Avvo. For me this resulted in a lower hourly bill rate. Y
by m0zg 8y ago
Also: rather than immediately going to UpCounsel or LawTrades, try finding a local lawyer through e.g. Avvo. For me this resulted in a lower hourly bill rate. You can compare all three (though if you contacted your lawyer through UpCounsel or LT first, they won't work with you direct). It seems to me that lawyers simply bake the third party fees into their rate, so you might as well skip the middleman.
- lmeyerov 8y agoYep, w nit: 1. Get a corporate lawyer w startup discount for formation , core docs, etc. Keep using for big stuff like fundraising. 2. Use carta or whatever for stock 3. Use upcounsel for anything non-core or boring like office space. You can get a per-topic specialist for each thing fast and cheap. 4. For most deals -- nda, sub-100k contract, etc, have papers etc ready so no legal review.
- yowlingcat 8y agoGreat overview. Have seen roughly this model used across multiple orgs with good success.