Open Source Law & How To Reduce Startup Legal Costs

A frequent question I get asked by new entrepreneurs is some version of, "do you know a good, cheap lawyer to help me with ___________?"  It turns out that the best thing you, as a non-attorney startup founder, can do to reduce legal costs is to learn a lot about the topic so you don't have to pay a lawyer $500 per hour to teach you.

How do you get smart fast?

A couple months ago I blogged about WSGR partner Yokum Taku's personal blog where he doles out free legal tips and even shares document templates and other advice.  I highly recommend it.  Well, what started out as a trickle is now a flow.  Here are a few other law firms or partners that are posting "open source" startup legal tips:

I'm sure there are a lot of others that I don't know of yet.  If you've got 'em, post 'em here in the comments.