Many thanks to Steph Gentile and Buff Miller for their review and contributions to this article. Groups ranging from small neighborhood projects to large national initiatives sometimes want to mobilize…
When a company issues options to US employees, there are two types it can choose from: incentive stock options (ISOs), which qualify for special tax treatment under the United States Internal Revenue Code, and non-qualified stock options (NSOs), which do not.
UK review by Ryan Naftulin If you’re negotiating for an equity financing, bridge financing, bank financing, venture debt, or a commercial transaction for your startup, you may be asked to…
With India’s strong ties with Silicon Valley and its maturing tech and startup ecosystem, outside investments in Indian companies are becoming increasingly common. However, the Indian economic and legal regime…
1. Experienced advisors Choose experienced advisors, including lawyers, auditors and financial consultants (if necessary), and get them involved early. Advisors who work routinely with the SEC and investment bankers –…
Introduction One of the most important things that a company can do to maintain its value is to take thoughtful steps to protect its intellectual property, its “secret sauce,” so…
Very often founders raise the concern about protecting against dilution. Specifically, they are concerned that, as they grow their business and issue stock to investors, employees, and advisors, their shares,…
An independent contractor is a person or business engaged in a non-employee capacity to provide goods or services to another person or business.
Nonsolicitation is an agreement in which an employee or other party agrees to refrain from encouraging another party’s employees or customers to change their relationship with the other party in a way that would disadvantage the other party.
The European Economic Area (EEA) is made up of the countries that have agreed to the free movement of goods, persons, services, and capital with the other countries participating in the EEA Agreement, effectively creating a single European market that includes the countries of the European Union (EU) as well as some countries that belong to the European Free Trade Association (EFTA).
The assignment of intellectual property (IP) refers to the process by which ownership of work product created for a company by an employee or consultant is transferred to the entity.
Now that you’ve decided that borrowing money is a better option than doing an equity round, how do you determine the terms of the loan? Venture debt lenders will typically…
If you are thinking about selling your company (see also Getting Ready for an M&A exit and Understanding an M&A Term Sheet), you should carefully consider how to best structure the…
OK, so you have made the decision to explore a sale of your company. What can you do to make the deal go smoothly and put your best foot forward?…
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