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Do It Right The First Time, Part II: Visit the Doctor or House Call?

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Readers can anticipate my next point in continuing the analogy: It makes no more sense for a non-lawyer to prepare fundamental legal, governance, equity and intellectual property documents than it would for a patient to self-diagnose and begin taking prescription-strength antibiotics or other medications. Newco, Inc.”)

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The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Software Company

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If you’re working closely with partners who are helping you distribute your product, it’s especially important to make sure they understand who you are, how you speak, and who you serve. In fact, GreenPal wasn’t the only one that figured it was best to go for a Delaware-based C-Corp. Delaware permits a single-member board of directors.

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Founders Shares: How do you split them up?

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Startup Law 24 February 2010 There are a few common ways that founders split up equity and ownership of the company: 1.) Equally: each founder get the same amount of equity. Unequally: each founder gets a different amount of equity/shares depending upon various factors such as: i. Who helped refine the idea?