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The Legal Side of Entrepreneurship

YoungUpstarts

Craig Schmitz, a partner in the Technology Companies Group at law firm Godwin Proctor LLP who works on corporate, governance, board and fundraising issues, and Erika Fisher, an associate in the firm’s Business Law Department who deals with IP, fielded questions about the legal issues startups face. ” The Cost of Financing.

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

Gust

Form a legal entity to operate the business (we’ll use a Delaware corporation as an example for Newco). Most startups will involve legal counsel whenever doing anything involving the company’s securities, such as adopting a stock option plan , making grants under the plan, issuing convertible notes in a financing round , and so forth.