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Notebook Lawyer

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When USV commits to investing in a startup, we negotiate a term sheet and then hand over the details to our lawyers. The startup hires a lawyer, and we hire a lawyer. The startup's lawyer prepares the closing documents, and our lawyer reviews them. In addition, our lawyer conducts "legal due diligence," which primarily involves reviewing existing contracts, stock issuances, the charter, and other relevant legal documents. This process is expensive and made worse because the startup typically ...

Notebook Lawyer When USV commits to investing in a startup, we negotiate a term sheet and then hand over the details to our lawyers. The startup hires a lawyer, and we hire a lawyer. The startup's lawyer prepares the closing documents, and our lawyer reviews them. In addition, our lawyer conducts "legal due diligence," which primarily involves reviewing existing contracts, stock issuances, the charter, and other relevant legal documents. This process is expensive and made worse because the startup typically pays for both lawyers. This is how it has always been done since I started in the busin

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