View from Seed

DECEMBER 4, 2014

Additionally, you should put whatever agreement you reach to paper , even if you have not yet incorporated or had your legal counsel draw up the founder stock paperwork. You can then work with your law firm to formally draw up founder common stock paperwork either then or subsequently. Ideation/IP.

Equity 315

Equity Founder Sweat Equity Cofounder 315

Agile VC

DECEMBER 4, 2014

Additionally, you should put whatever agreement you reach to paper, even if you have not yet incorporated or had your legal counsel draw up the founder stock paperwork. You can then work with your law firm to formally draw up founder common stock paperwork either then or subsequently.

Cofounder 255

Cofounder Equity Founder Sweat Equity 255

David Teten

MARCH 14, 2018

Andreessen Horowitz’s compromise: they have a half-dozen “ board partners ” who serve on the boards of their portfolio companies, representing A16Z, but who are not full-time employees of A16Z. Typically they get cofounder common equity, in addition to the preferred stock that a conventional VC gets.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Cofounder 60

Agile VC

DECEMBER 4, 2014

Additionally, you should put whatever agreement you reach to paper, even if you have not yet incorporated or had your legal counsel draw up the founder stock paperwork. You can then work with your law firm to formally draw up founder common stock paperwork either then or subsequently.

Cofounder 173

Cofounder Equity Founder Sweat Equity 173

Startup Company Lawyer

JULY 20, 2009

Incorporating a company and issuing stock to the founders will help prevent misunderstandings among the founders about equity splits. If there is any IP created and there is more than one founder, then incorporating an entity and assigning IP to the entity is important. Hiring employees or third party contractors.

IP 67

IP Stock Options Preferred Stock Capital Gains 67

Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

Term-sheets for preferred stock offerings are designed to protect the investor in case things don’t go as well as planned.   Say I invest $1MM in a company and receive 40% of the stock.   With a preference, I get $1MM back and then the remaining proceeds are divided so I would receive $1.4MM out of $2MM.

Term Sheet 68

Term Sheet Valuation Dividend Liquidation Preference 68

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

IP Location Tools. BambooHR -Â Employee Records, Benefit Information, Payroll Data, etc. British Library Business & IP Centre : Funded by the London Development Agency, the British Library supports inventors, small businesses and entrepreneurs from that first spark of inspiration to successfully launching and developing a business.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53