Founder IP Software Review Vesting 
Scott Edward Walker
OCTOBER 19, 2020
Over the past six months, my firm has been engaged by a number of startups with significant intellectual property (“IP”) problems. In a couple of cases, the founders played lawyer on their own; in the other cases, the founders either used (i) a Web service that did not address IP issues or (ii) an inexperienced law firm.
NZ Entrepreneur
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
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Scott Edward Walker
SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
Question My co-founders and I are working on a cool new site, and we’ll be ready to launch in a few weeks. 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.
Austin Startup
AUGUST 20, 2017
Set any vesting schedules and expiration dates on roughly similar terms, if for no other reason just so you can track all of them correctly. Kalanick, former investor BFF turned highly disappointed by founder behavior. Usually the founders duke it out among themselves as to titles and responsibilities and relative shareholdings.
Scott Edward Walker
FEBRUARY 1, 2014
Mistake #2 : not buttoning-down IP ownership issues (at 10:20). Mistake #3 : not setting-up vesting schedules (at 17:19). Mistake #5 : not doing your due diligence on potential investors (at 38:36). different perspective as a lawyer (lots of phone calls from founders with problems). Up-front vesting possible.
Scott Edward Walker
FEBRUARY 1, 2014
i) Rule 506 preempts State law, which means all you have to do is file a Form D and pay a filing fee; and (ii) no disclosure requirement/PPM Possible to sell to “friends and family” (e.g., issues to address include: How have they treated their other portfolio companies?
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 5, 2011
I gave him the same advice I give nearly all over-worked, control-freak, do-everything-yourself startup founders: “Your number one priority isn’t any of these things. There’s you and your killer CTO co-founder. It’s a very cool vibe at Founder’s Coop. Passionate Entrepreneurs & Ambassadors.
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