Blog - Lauren Pearl · Lauren Pearl
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11 September 2026Profit
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About Blog - Lauren PearlA quick disclaimer on this week's email: The following is not legal advice! Just an opinion I share with some other startup experts that felt relevant this week. Always seek professional lawyers for legal advice!When you're hiring a lawyer for your high-growth startup - the kind of startup that will be VC-backed,It seems pretty obvious that you should hire a lawyer who specializes in working with VCs.In fact, many VCs will encourage you to do this, and will regale you with horror stories of founders who don't:They pick "normal" lawyers who aren't connected to the startup worldThose lawyers will waste VC time with terrible termsWill not protect you against the common pitfallsThey could lose you deals and put you in a terrible position.To some degree, this is true;This DOES happen.But there's another very important counterpoint to consider:In the book Founder Vs. Investor, authors Liz…
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