The Startup Magazine

JUNE 26, 2020

Incorporating your business is needed in order to establish a legal separation between the individual entrepreneur(s) and the business itself to prevent personal liability for the business’s debts. Startup lawyers specializing in intellectual property (IP) can help you file relevant patent applications. Incorporation.

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Gust

DECEMBER 8, 2011

I urge all entrepreneurs to consult and develop a good working relationship with a qualified startup lawyer. Make escrow arrangements for restricted stock (i.e., Caveat entrepreneur ! Unless you’ve engaged my firm to represent you or your startup, we do not have an attorney-client relationship.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2009

I often talk with entrepreneurs who are kicking around their next idea. Would you want to run the risk that your former employer could have a claim against the intellectual property you’ve created because you broke company policies and developed your ideas on company resources? Make sure you own your IP.

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Scott Edward Walker

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Button-down IP ownership and assignment issues (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 ). www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1A44ShZfWo. v=N1A44ShZfWo.

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Startup Company Lawyer

JULY 20, 2009

At some point, however, an entrepreneur will need to formally incorporate a company. 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.

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

Please see later version of this post on May 16, 2010 Entrepreneurs are often not experts in the area of term-sheet negotiations and all of the surrounding issues.   Investors sometimes “present” the terms they’d like and expect the entrepreneurs to react. Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations.

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Scott Edward Walker

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

Mistake #2 : not buttoning-down IP ownership issues (at 10:20). By the way, my favorite part of the video is when an entrepreneur (and former lawyer) walks in late to the workshop and acknowledges that she made the first three mistakes (at 33:14). C corp – “qualified small business stock” . Startup Weekend issues .

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