Legal Services Should Be Core To Small Business Strategy—Lessons From Charley Moore

Small business and entrepreneurs of all kinds should factor legal issues into their plans and … [+] strategies from the beginning.

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“They don’t know about the superpower that comes with great legal counsel.”

That is not the first line of an ill-fated John Grisham novel. It’s a trenchant observation by Charley Moore, founder and CEO of Rocket Lawyer, provider of online legal services. He was referring specifically, in a recent conversation, to the value of legal services for small and young businesses.

This isn’t exactly the topic that gets the blood going of business owners and entrepreneurs—except maybe their blood boils out of anger and frustration at the cost and complexity of seeking legal advice. Addressing those challenges is why Moore started Rocket Lawyer in the first place, “to make law affordable enough and simple enough for everyone.”

It seems probable that legal service will never be…

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