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How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup

Both Sides of the Table

Founded it as a California LLC but your potential VC wants a Delaware C-Corp? For a very small fee they can get your Delaware C corp registration, make sure that you have IP protection and ensure you didn’t make an early bumbling mistakes that you’ll pay for dearly in the next 7-10 years of hard work.

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Do my startup’s lawyers need to be local?

Austin Startup

Because most startups generally incorporate in Delaware for reasons discussed throughout the startup blogosphere, local state law only plays a small role in most of the legal issues that startups deal with (usually local employment law); and for those issues, most startup lawyers collaborate with local employment lawyers.

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Venture Capital Red Flag Checklist 

abovethecrowd.com

Delaware law requires a board of directors, and these directors are tasked with a “fiduciary duty” to look after the best interest of the corporation. Silicon Valley (and most large US cities) are full of lawyers who have ample startup experience. The Lack of a Legitimate Board. Who is Coporate Counsel?

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TNW Profile: Credictive founder Ela Madej on being ‘a woman in tech’, Rainbows and Unicorns

The Next Web

A fun fact – the Delaware company behind Credictive is actually called Rainbows and Unicorns Corp. When you work in tech, being close to Silicon Valley just makes sense, you can learn so much here. TNW: What are the downsides of running a company out of, and living in, Silicon Valley in your fresh view?

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Why Venture Capitalists Are Investing in International Startups

David Teten

Once we invest in these companies, we can help them become (in many cases) more US-centric, including sometimes changing their legal status to that of a US Delaware C corporation. markets: New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Denver, San Francisco and Silicon Valley. As of 2017, 421 companies have passed through the program in 6 U.S.

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Why Venture Capitalists Are Investing in International Startups

David Teten

Once we invest in these companies, we can help them become (in many cases) more US-centric, including sometimes changing their legal status to that of a US Delaware C corporation. markets: New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Denver, San Francisco and Silicon Valley. As of 2017, 421 companies have passed through the program in 6 U.S.