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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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