A great article and some interesting tools listed. We have been working with a lot of startups to help them get proposals from lawyers and accountants at ExpertBids.com. Think of it as a elance / odesk for lawyers and accountants. Any suggestions anyone has for continuing to help startups find the right professional for legal and accounting work would be much appreciated.
@jonnathanson -- I guess the point I was trying to make is that even as heavily invested (ie school loans, time, etc.) in one profession as I was, the lure of the startup overtook that. I think Michael Arrington's article a few days ago on techcrunch put it into words better than I ever could (http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/31/are-you-a-pirate/), but my intention was never to say "look how smart I am."