Up and Running

JULY 2, 2014

We had personally invested $70,000 of our own money at this point, and we were hoping to raise at least another $250,000 to help us hire a team, launch our company, and begin to build our product. So we hired another firm to help us facilitate the removal of this clause. Our attorney should have known.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

If you really want to impress a startup founder as a potential employee, or you want to be a smart investor, you need to know the right questions to ask. You need to know this as a future employee, since it probably gates how long your new job will last. How solid is the intellectual property?

Due Diligence 244

Due Diligence Sweat Equity Burn Rate Intellectual Property 244

Gust

DECEMBER 8, 2013

If you really want to impress a startup founder as a potential employee, or you want to be a smart investor, you need to know the right questions to ask. You need to know this as a future employee, since it probably gates how long your new job will last. How solid is the intellectual property?

Due Diligence 174

Due Diligence Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Burn Rate 174

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

If you really want to impress a startup founder as a potential employee, or you want to be a smart investor, you need to know the right questions to ask. You need to know this as a future employee, since it probably gates how long your new job will last. How solid is the intellectual property?

Due Diligence 237

Due Diligence Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Entrepreneur 237

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2010

If you really want to impress a startup founder as a potential employee, or you want to be a smart investor, you need to know the right questions to ask. You need to know this as a future employee, since it probably gates how long your new job will last. How solid is the intellectual property?

Due Diligence 229

Due Diligence Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Startup 229

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 10, 2015

They were then sued for trademark infringement by a foreign company who had no product, no customers and no employees in the US. He had a stock option vesting program and had vested a significant amount of his stock but not all. Be formal with every employee contract – even with friends. No acceleration.

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Vesting Cofounder IP Stock Options 150

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Employee Benefits. Intellectual Property. Back in 1997, Randy Parker was staring at a blank whiteboard, wondering where hed find the money to hire the employees and consultants he needed to build his new product. "We Human Resources (HR). SALES & MARKETING. Online Marketing. Advertising. TECHNOLOGY. Technology.

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Fractional CTO Equity Iowa Technical Cofounder 40

www.quora.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Type to Add and Search Questions; Search Topics and People Startups Startup Compensation Entrepreneurship Compensation Stock Options Major Internet Companies Silicon Valley Why is there such a large founder to early employee equity drop-off? This answer. Please specify the necessary improvements.

Equity 40

Equity Employee Founder Cofounder 40

Board Effect

DECEMBER 23, 2019

The company is struggling and needs to hire or let go of a significant number of employees. The board wants to purchase intellectual property rights. The board needs to set new policies for stock options. The board wants to expand the company. Certain Entities May Require a Board Resolution.

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Intellectual Property Stock Options Dividend Community 64

Scott Edward Walker

OCTOBER 27, 2015

If you hire any employees, make sure you don’t misclassify them as an independent contractor or fail to pay them at least the minimum wage (see post here ). Don’t issue stock options unless a proper option plan is in place and a valuation has been done in compliance with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code (see post here ).

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Intellectual Property Accredited Investor Vesting Delaware 40

Transformify

DECEMBER 6, 2021

You need the right WFM software, from model management and operations to tracking your employees’ leave. Here are some of the best apps that you can use to help you with everything, from employee attendance to team engagement. Transformify can help build on your human resources, managing all your employees from start to finish.

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Software Review Software Employee Management 52

Startup Company Lawyer

JULY 20, 2009

Please keep in mind that even if a company is incorporated, founder stock purchase agreements with repurchase rights over unvested stock if founders leave are not included with the documents from typical online incorporation services. Creating intellectual property. Hiring employees or third party contractors.

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IP Stock Options Preferred Stock Capital Gains 67

infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Unlike employee training costs, which can typically be spread over years of service, the relative return from training a consultant is modest and pricey. At the early stages of your company’s life, you cannot rely on disinterested, hired guns to define your company’s key tasks. Pyramid Power. They know everything – just ask them.

Equity 40

Equity Silicon Valley Cofounder Technical Review 40

www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

The reason is that employees are investors too—oftheir time—and they want just as much to be able to cash out. Ifyour competitors offer employees stock options that might make themrich, while you make it clear you plan to stay private, yourcompetitors will get the best people.

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