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  • Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start

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    If you recognize this post’s title, then you are always welcome at my table. For those of you in the dark, the title of this post is the secret code from the video game Contra. The Contra secret code let the video game player begin Contra with 30 lives. 30 lives on Contra was virtual…

  • Start-Up Tool Kit From Orrick

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    Forgot to mention that Orrick released a Start-Up Tool Kit over the summer. From Orrick’s site: Orrick’s Start-Up Tool Kit is a comprehensive set of resources designed to aid start-ups and their founders on the journey from the “garage” to the global marketplace. The Start-Up Tool Kit includes a Term Sheet Creator (hope you have…

  • Startup Docs from TheFunded.com

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    TheFunded.com has just released a “Complete Set of Founder Friendly Legal Docs” via its website. (Hat tip to @bradleyjoyce at the Fort Worth Startup Blog) The sample startup documents, located at docstoc.com, include: – Bylaws – Certificate of Incorporation – Initial Stockholder Consent – Invention Assignment Agreement – Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement – Indemnification Agreement…

  • The Funded Founder Institute Posts “Class F” Startup Documents

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    I got a tip from @Pietari that another set of startup documents were released today. The Funded Founder Institute just released a very founder-favorable set of startup documents centered around “Class F Common Stock.” The Class F Common offers founders various protective provisions such as: -2 to 1 Board votes per founder relative to non-founder…

  • 7 Legal Documents for Your Tech Startup

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    When launching a startup, you want to make and keep your startup as valuable as possible. But in order to do that, your tech startup needs to ensure that (a) the intellectual property is owned by the startup, and (b) the co-founders who own the startup have proper incentives and rules to handle inevitable contingencies.…

  • Initial Thoughts on the Y Combinator Angel Investor Documents

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    I wanted to give my initial thoughts on the Y Combinator Series AA Angel Investor Legal Documents that were officially released late last week. I plan to write a document-by-document breakdown in the coming week: Term Sheet – August 29th Stock Purchase Agreement – August 30th Board Consent – August 31st Stockholder Consent – September…

  • Y Combinator Series AA Equity Financing Docs Back Up

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    Y Combinator and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati are happy to announce the Series AA Equity Financing Documents. The Y Combinator documents are back up again–grab them while you can. At first glance, it looks like they added a term sheet. And now each document comes with a fancy new header: This [document] and all…