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The 5 Biggest Legal Mistakes That Startups Make

Scott Edward Walker

LLC’s are geared for private equity funds, hedge funds and real estate guys, not startups, for a number of reasons: (i) extremely complicated tax partnership rules; (ii) creates capitalization/capital raising problems – e.g., essentially does not allow for stock options plans and convertible notes, etc.; (iii)

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The 5 Biggest Legal Mistakes That Startups Make

Scott Edward Walker

issues to address include: How have they treated their other portfolio companies?

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Why Co-Founders Are a Startup's Biggest Liability | The Startup Lawyer

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Contact The Startup Lawyer: Home Page About Contact FAQs Glossary Ryan Roberts Law: Home Page Social Networks: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Flickr Delicious Digg Last.FM He obviously never launched a startup and got shafted by a co-founder. He obviously never launched a startup and got shafted by a co-founder. Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.