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4 Deadly Legal Mistakes That Startups Make

Scott Edward Walker

(And please don’t tell us to hire a lawyer.) Vesting Restrictions. The first deadly mistake relates to vesting restrictions. Otherwise, if one of the founders quits after a few months, he would take all of his shares with him. IP Ownership. Any IP created or acquired by a founder (e.g.,

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