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Compared my old contract template to one I bought from LegalZoom last month
I used to write my own freelance contracts with stuff I copied from random websites. Then I paid $89 for a template from LegalZoom last month and the difference is night and day. It had specific clauses about payment timelines and dispute resolution I never would have thought of. Has anyone else switched from free templates to something more professional and noticed the same?
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jamesc793d ago
Right there with you. It's like learning why napkins don't hold up in court.
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colegarcia2d ago
Ha, yeah that's a good way to put it! I actually read this article a while back about how a lot of famous startup contracts were written on napkins or bar receipts. But the whole thing fell apart when a lawyer looked at them because they didn't have any real terms or signatures. It's wild how something so casual can seem so binding in the moment but then just crumbles under actual scrutiny. I think the key is that a napkin is just a scrap of paper, not a legal document, and people forget that when they're excited about an idea. Still, it's a hilarious way to think about bad contracts.
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