www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Intellectual Property. Before Roving Software could receive its first round of financing from professional investors, in early 1999, he had to put all the stock arrangements in writing. That cost him accounting fees, legal fees, and time because the financing round couldnt close until the arrangements were formalized.

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Gust

DECEMBER 8, 2011

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. Office and equipment leases.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 7, 2015

The company just needs to be large enough to generate a profit to substantiate the annual costs of maintaining the ESOP. In profitable S-corporation ESOP companies, the tax savings should be more than enough to offset such annual costs. Myth: An ESOP transaction requires that a majority of stock be transferred.

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www.copelandfirm.com

OCTOBER 21, 2010

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

As companies and cities wrestle with the future of work, future of cities, and future of tech made possible in a post-COVID future, the question is whether it also impacts — and presents an opportunity to address — one of the greatest problems of our time: the unequal distribution of economic opportunity across the United States.

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

.   It is very expensive if you’re the entrepreneur since it doubles the cost to the company of paying dividends to the entrepreneur. A liquidation preference means that the investors receive their investment back (plus dividends) prior to a distribution of the proceeds to stockholders.   I’ve never seen it in practice.

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