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Avoiding Key Legal Mistakes!for Your Startup
Rob Hyndman Sprout Up, February 2010
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Agenda
• Pick co-founders very carefully
• Structure co-founder arrangements properly
• Be careful with equity
• Have proper employment and IP ownership documents
• Incorporate
• Raise awareness before money
• Don’t be a jerk
Before you start
Pick co-founders!*very* carefully
Structure co-founder!arrangements properly
Be careful with your equity
Have proper employment and!IP ownership documents
Incorporate
Raise awareness!before money
Don’t be!a jerk
Agenda
• Pick co-founders very carefully
• Structure co-founder arrangements properly
• Be careful with equity
• Have proper employment and IP ownership documents
• Incorporate
• Raise awareness before money
• Don’t be a jerk
Avoiding Key Legal Mistakes!for Your Startup
Rob Hyndman Sprout Up, February 2010