Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 22, 2020
Every startup should have at least a couple of outside advisors who are not major investors or family members, anxious to talk to new investors and key new hires. Are any lawsuits and challenges to intellectual property pending? Calculate employee stock option values and vesting times, as well as salary.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 18, 2023
Every startup should have at least a couple of outside advisors who are not major investors or family members, anxious to talk to new investors and key new hires. Are any lawsuits and challenges to intellectual property pending? Calculate employee stock option values and vesting times, as well as salary.
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Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 10, 2016
Every startup should have at least a couple of outside advisors who are not major investors or family members, anxious to talk to new investors and key new hires. Are any lawsuits and challenges to intellectual property pending? Calculate employee stock option values and vesting times, as well as salary.
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 8, 2015
Every startup should have at least a couple of outside advisors who are not major investors or family members, anxious to talk to new investors and key new hires. Are any lawsuits and challenges to intellectual property pending? Calculate employee stock option values and vesting times, as well as salary.
Scott Edward Walker
SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
(And please don’t tell us to hire a lawyer.) Vesting Restrictions. The first deadly mistake relates to vesting restrictions. There are three deadly mistakes that relate to intellectual property (IP) ownership, all of which usually surface when the investors conduct their due-diligence investigation: 1.
Up and Running
DECEMBER 1, 2015
Stock options are issued to employees usually through an Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP) and include what is called a “vesting period.” The vesting period, often three or four years, frees up a percentage of the options for the employee to purchase the longer they stay at the company. See Also: How to Hire Your First Employee.
The Startup Magazine
OCTOBER 30, 2018
As you are forming your new business, creating new products and hiring new employees as your company grows developing new materials, you will encounter scenarios where you need to create, review, and sign contracts. Therefore, it’s often a good idea to hire a contract lawyer to have on retainer. Intellectual Property Lawyer.
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