contracts

• Lay down a good legal foundation for your venture from the beginning Here is a real story about a friend of mine: He developed a business plan and helped a startup secure a good deal with venture capitalists, but then got kicked out by investors and other founders without any shares in the venture. He couldn’t sue them since he had never signed a shareholder agreement.

• Entrepreneurial Ecosystem and Legal Fundamentals : Entrepreneurship 101 2012/13

• Who owns the IP? Inventors, academic institutions, employers, contractors…who owns the intellectual property?

• The start-up prenup Can you name the founders of Apple Computer? I expect almost everyone reading this was able to name Apple’s co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs.  A fair number of you probably were also able to name co-founder Steve Wozniak.  I suspect that only a handful of you know that Apple had a third founder, at least [...]

• Non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) Non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) protect confidential information that start-ups share with potential stakeholders.

• Legal considerations for your product Your product will require legal agreements, and there are a number of issues to evaluate when having your lawyer prepare these documents.

• Hire employee: Financial events series, part 10 of 29 This article explains that hiring staff is not recorded in the journal entry or on the financial statements.

• Shareholder agreement Familiarize yourself with all that you’ll need to secure financing, including shareholder and subscription agreements.

• Subscription agreement Familiarize yourself with all that you’ll need to secure financing, including shareholder and subscription agreements.

• Co-founder agreements Founders need to understand the contracts that define their legal relationship to each other and the start-up.