Join Fenwick & West partner Andrew Harper and general counsel Paul Swegle for a half day program focused on everything startup founders need to know to build on a solid foundation, raise funds successfully and legally, and avoid common startup-derailing missteps.
Learn how to:
- Determine the best entity structure for your business based on financing plans, ownership and control expectations and tax objectives
- Choose between forming in Delaware or your home state
- Raise money properly from friends and family, angel investors, VCs or through crowdfunding
- Avoid common mistakes when issuing stock, options or other interests, or borrowing under convertible notes or other debt instruments
- Protect your cap table from early fundraising and equity distribution mistakes
- Prevent and/or mitigate potential friction between co-founders
- Structure and manage relationships with investors, employees and others for maximum value
- Identify and protect critical intellectual property
- Organize a virtual data room for potential investors or acquirers
- Avoid other legal and regulatory mistakes that often harm startups, their founders and their investors