Sunday, April 19, 2015

How to Pick the Right NYC Business Lawyer for Your Startup

This is a great and very scary story that teaches an important lesson about choosing the right NYC business lawyer:
Picking the right attorney in your startup is as important as picking the right business partner. You can’t underestimate the importance of selecting an attorney who “gets” your business model, your market opportunity, and most importantly, your fundraising and exit strategy.
My business partner and I made many mistakes in our first tech startup, and so many of them were the result of choosing a lawyer who was a terrible fit.
Let me paint the picture for you: We were about two months into our startup idea. We had stars in our eyes and excitement in our bellies. Both my business partner and I were “green”—meaning, this was our first startup venture, and we had no idea what we were about to get ourselves into on that warm fall day when we walked into the office of our soon-to-be attorney…
Read more here.

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