July 29, 2009

FirstDocs is Now Brightleaf

Back in January, we invested in a company called FirstDocs.  Essentially, it was an investment in the Law Firm 2.0 thesis that I’ve been blogging about.  I’m pleased to announce ...
5 Comments » | Posted in: Foundry Group Investments, Law Firm 2.0, Venture Capital | Posted by: Jason Mendelson
June 3, 2009

When a Layoff is not a Layoff?

When is a layoff not a layoff?  Simple.  When your firm basically says "you suck – find another career."  But we don’t do layoffs.  Sounds crazy, but this is exactly ...
2 Comments » | Posted in: Law, Law Firm 2.0 | Posted by: Jason Mendelson
May 3, 2009

Are the Cultures of Law Firms Dying?

While at the NVCA meeting, I had a good discussion with a general counsel of a venture capital firm (name unreleased) who posited that cultures at law firms are dead ...
18 Comments » | Posted in: Law, Law Firm 2.0 | Posted by: Jason Mendelson
April 23, 2009

Law Firm 2.0 – The End (for now) and Recap and Downloading the Entire Series.

After the initial explosion of attention generated from my first post about 10 months ago where I took many startup lawyers to task on fees and over lawyering, there has ...
5 Comments » | Posted in: Law Firm 2.0 | Posted by: Jason Mendelson
April 22, 2009

Wilson Sonsini Term Sheet Generator

Today, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati announced the release of a new client tool:  The Venture Financing Term Sheet Generator. I’ve been using beta versions and it’s cool what they’ve come ...
4 Comments » | Posted in: Law, Law Firm 2.0, Venture Capital | Posted by: Jason Mendelson
April 14, 2009

Law Firm 2.0 – What might the future of law firms look like?

In my continuing Law Firm 2.0 series, today I ask the question: So what will the future of the law firm look like, especially if the status quo situation remains? Here ...
7 Comments » | Posted in: Law Firm 2.0 | Posted by: Jason Mendelson
March 28, 2009

Law Firm 2.5 – Richard Susskind – The End of Lawyers

If you are a lawyer and haven’t read Richard’s book, you should.  And no, reading the reviews and the articles about the book won’t suffice.  Buy the book, sit in ...
2 Comments » | Posted in: Foundry Group Investments, Law Firm 2.0 | Posted by: Jason Mendelson
March 19, 2009

Time to Reboot Venture Capital Deal Structures

Edwin Miller of Sullivan and  Worcester recently published an article called Time to Reboot the Basic VC Deal Structure, in which he argues that we should radically change the way ...
7 Comments » | Posted in: Financings, Law Firm 2.0, Venture Capital | Posted by: Jason Mendelson
March 12, 2009

Lawyer Layoffs – What It Means To You

In case you haven’t heard, lawyers and legal professionals are being laid off at a rate never seen before. According to Law Shucks, one of my favorite blogs, over the ...
9 Comments » | Posted in: Law, Law Firm 2.0 | Posted by: Jason Mendelson
March 11, 2009

Law Firm 2.0 – Re-architecting the Law Firm – Outsourcing

Well, I’m back. I took some time off blogging about Law Firm 2.0, as I wanted to “take in” all the layoffs and such – a blog on that is ...
16 Comments » | Posted in: Frustrations, Law Firm 2.0 | Posted by: Jason Mendelson

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