Cost IP Technical 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.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 27, 2016
Project your costs as diligently as your revenues. On the other hand, if your solution is aimed at boomers or requires in-depth technical knowledge, crowdfunding may be futile. Keep all IP details close to the vest. Don’t forget to account for the time and cost of crowdfunding campaigns.
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Gust
DECEMBER 1, 2011
When meeting with early stage entrepreneurs for the first time, after reviewing a demo or hearing their pitch, I often ask them to articulate what they’re most focused on building. In Part II, we’ll get into certificates of incorporation, stock purchase agreements, IP assignments and related matters. What is a startup really?
Austin Startup
AUGUST 20, 2017
There are many ways to measure technical skills and check work histories and achievements, but assessment of team chemistry is a high art form. 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. Can you acquire them at a sustainable cost?
www.seriesseed.com
DECEMBER 9, 2012
It would be helpful to get a California standard employee manual, employee contract/agreements, IP ownership release to company, and confidentiality. All of those cost us as much if not more in legal time than the seed round. In reviewing these documents on the term sheet, last item, how is the term "double trigger" defined.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 5, 2011
Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. Great lifestyle, great cost of living, motivated people and only the crap weather on the negative side. It really wouldn’t take much to turn a great technology ecosystem into a truly electric one. The ingredients are all here.
Tim Keane
JANUARY 12, 2010
It is very expensive if you’re the entrepreneur since it doubles the cost to the company of paying dividends to the entrepreneur. These include: · Vesting of Founder Stock. These include: · Vesting of Founder Stock. Why is this fair?
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