> I spoke with my local SBA advisor who said I need to get a lawyer since I will be collecting PII. IMHO this is really putting the cart before the horse. Whe

> I spoke with my local SBA advisor who said I need to get a lawyer since I will be collecting PII. IMHO this is really putting the cart before the horse. When you are bootstrapping, the first thing to understand is that you can only do 0.1% of all the things people will tell you that you "need" to do. That means what you really need to do is apply your own judgement identifying the critical work that will move the needle like understanding what people are willing to pay for and building it. Of course you should use some minimal measures to protect yourself from legal risk (eg. start an LLC), but generally speaking your biggest risk is no one knowing or caring about what you are doing. Don't start by asking a bunch of experts as that will lead you down the path of "playing house" as PG describes in his Before the Startup essay (http://www.paulgraham.com/before.html http://www.paulgraham.com/before.html)