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IP Law for Startups is a blog that gives general, educational information about intellectual property law and explains the most common pitfalls and m read more »
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The term "Board" may be confusing here. This is not a Board Of Directors. Nor is it a couple of your buddies. Nor is it someone who gives you one s read more »
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Here are answers to some frequently asked questions about advisors.

1. What do advisors do?
2. Should I put together a boar read more »
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Should you set up an LLC, C Corp, or S Corp. And in what state should you register? These are some of the questions we'll consider in our overview o read more »
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Stock for Attorney Fees? This situation arises when a startup company offers stock to a lawyer in exchange for legal services. I’ve derived the foll read more »
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The Funded Founder Institute has created a new class of common stock to protect founders, "Class F." The stock offers Founders a suite of protectiv read more »
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A comparison of LLC, C Corp, and S Corp entities. Includes: Taxation, Personal Liability, Self Employment Tax, Capital Raising, Ease of Operation, Fo read more »
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When launching a startup, you want to make and keep your startup as valuable as possible. But in order to do that, your tech startup needs to ensure read more »
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Choosing a startup’s legal entity can be a frustrating experience for the entrepreneur. Who has time to deal with the LLC, S-Corp, C-Corp, LP, GP, LL read more »
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Failing to make a timely 83(b) election with the IRS is something that could lead to disastrous tax consequences for a startup company founder or emp read more »
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A buy-sell agreement is a document that preserves continuity of business ownership when specific events occur, such as death or disability of a busin read more »
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Following is the Brad Feld guidelines for this as posted in blog:

* Allow any board member to buy into the last VC round.
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One of the greatest advantages of sitting right next to a CFO is that I get to interact with him frequently. Over the last year or so, I have learned read more »
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Three terms describe the status of particular shares of stock: authorized, issued, and outstanding.

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Warning! I am not a lawyer, and I am not a tax accountant. The information in this document is correct, to the best of my belief, at this writing (20 read more »
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The ten most important questions about your stock options are as follows.
* What type of options have you been offered?
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It's easy to get lots of technical information about stock options, restricted stock, stock appreciation rights, phantom stock, performance shares, read more »
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When you acquire restricted securities or hold control securities, you must find an exemption from the SEC's registration requirements to sell them read more »
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The Federal Securities Act of 1933 generally requires that stock and other securities must be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission read more »
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When you acquire restricted securities or hold control securities, you must find an exemption from the SEC's registration requirements to sell them read more »
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