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Legal Checklist for Startups

Scott Edward Walker

Form a corporation — not an LLC (see post here ) or a partnership (see post here ). 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 ).

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What Is the “Walker Startup Package”?

Scott Edward Walker

Form a corporation — not an LLC (see post here ) or a partnership (see post here ). 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 ).

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Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations - Startups.

Tim Keane

By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. 3]   However, if they are built bottom up, they demonstrate and make explicit a range of business model assumptions the entrepreneur is using to think about his business and its revenue model. Startups and angels: Along the way to success.