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26 J. Affordable Hous. & Cmty. Dev. L. 193 (2017-2018)
Democratizing Entrepreneurship: Online Documents, Tools, and Startup Know-How

handle is hein.journals/jrlaff26 and id is 205 raw text is: Democratizing Entrepreneurship: Online Documents, Tools, and Startup Know-How Jeff Thomas, Praveen Kosuri, and Bernice Grant I. Introduction ............................................194 II. Open Source Legal Resources: Lessons from Venture Capital Seeking Companies ............................... .......195 III. Evolution of Open Source Tools and Practices ......... ..........197 A. Shared Documents and Collections ..................... 199 B. Wizards and Generators .............................. 199 C. Incorporating Terms and Conditions by Reference ................. 200 D. Comprehensive Platforms .................... ......... 200 E. Ethical and Professional Responsibility Issues ......................... 202 IV. Impacting a Broader Spectrum of Entrepreneurs..............................205 A. Additional High Growth Profit Driven Ventures .................... 205 B. Social Ventures ...................................... 207 C. Community-based Ventures and Small Businesses ................. 208 V. Impacting Organizations that Assist Entrepreneurs ...... ......209 A. Law Firms .............................................. 209 B. Legal Clinics ........................................ 209 C. Small Business Development Centers and Accelerators ......... 212 D. Accounting and Tax Professionals .............. ......... 212 E. University Entrepreneurship Centers . .......... .......... 215 F. Crowdfunding Portals .. ...................... .......... 216 VI. Conclusion .............................................218 Jeff Thomas (Jeff.Thomas@cmich.edu) is the Chairperson of Entrepreneurship at Central Michigan University. Praveen Kosuri (PKosuri@law.upenn.edu) is a Practice Professor of Law and the Director of the Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic at the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania Law School. Bernice Grant (bgrantl8@law.fordham.edu) is the Senior Director of the Entrepreneurial Law Program at Fordham University School of Law. The authors presented on this topic at the Transactional Clinical Conference held at the University of Pennsylvania Law School on June 2, 2017. The authors are grateful to Bruce Marble, Executive Director of the Isabella Bank Entrepreneurship Institute at Central Michigan University, for presenting with them at the Transac- tional Clinical Conference and for his comments and suggestions made in reviewing earlier drafts of this article. They also thank Ignacio Celis-Aguirre for research assis- tance regarding the ethical and professional responsibility issues addressed in Part III.E of this Article. 193

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