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Gust Educational Resources for Founders and Startups

Gust

Founders, the passionate entrepreneurs pouring all of their efforts into building their ventures, had questions about how to properly set up their startups. Which then leads to more specific startup questions: How do we issue shares? The post Gust Educational Resources for Founders and Startups appeared first on Gust.

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5 New Venture Mistakes That Can Cost You The Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Like other environments, most legal issues don’t result from fraud, but from ignorance on specific requirements, or simply never getting around to doing the things that common sense would tell you to do. Here are five of the most common examples: Failure to document a Founder agreement at the beginning.

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5 Startup Legal Shortcuts That Can Be Expensive

Startup Professionals Musings

Like other environments, most legal issues don’t result from fraud, but from ignorance on specific requirements, or simply never getting around to doing the things that common sense would tell you to do. Here are five of the most common examples: Failure to document a Founder agreement at the beginning. Marty Zwilling.

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Lockdown Lost-Founder IP

The Startup Lawyer

Now if your startup received a $5MM Series A investment from a venture capital firm, how many developers (that you can recall) would come out of the shadows of the internet and claim to be your startup’s long lost founder? Lost Founders. But what about developers who work for the startup that aren’t founders?

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Five Legal Pitfalls That Sink Many Good Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

Like other environments, most legal issues don’t result from fraud, but from ignorance on specific requirements, or simply never getting around to doing the things that common sense would tell you to do. Here are five of the most common examples: Failure to document a Founder agreement at the beginning.

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Crucial Things You Need To Know About Your First External Audit For Series B

YoungUpstarts

by Bryce Welker, founder of Crush The CPA Exam. These are: Revenue Recognition issues. Share-based Compensation. Accounting for Income Taxes. Make your 409A valuation defensible by selecting a 409A valuation company that can help you navigate complex issues. Accounting for Income Tax.

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Convertible Note Seed Financings: Founders Beware!

Scott Edward Walker

Part 2, entitled “ Convertible Note Seed Financings: Econ 101 for Founders ,” addressed the economics. This part will address certain tricky issues. What Happens If a Startup is Acquired Prior to the Note’s Conversion to Shares of Preferred Stock? This is another tricky issue. Using our example above, and assuming a 1.0x

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