A founder stock purchase agreement is where vesting, repurchase rights, acceleration, and 83(b) process become real. This guide explains the clauses that matter and includes an educational starter form.
Restricted stock can be a powerful early-hire tool when common value is still low enough. This article explains when it works, where it goes wrong, and includes an educational starter agreement.
Before the first priced round, founders should pressure-test entity elections, equity tax process, and contractor classification. This guide gives a practical startup tax framework and copy/paste checklist.
A strong PIIA helps prove the company owns the work being created by the people building the business. This article focuses on diligence issues, state-law flags, and includes an educational starter form.
Software-company IP diligence is usually about ownership discipline, open source process, and AI/data controls. This checklist gives founders a practical framework and a copy/paste internal diligence list.
A practical founder-side seed financing toolkit covering documents, diligence, investor onboarding, and closing steps without the usual theory overload.
A practical guide to strategic-investor term traps, from board rights and information flow to exclusivity, acquisition options, and future-round friction.
A practical guide to pre-exit startup liquidity, including negotiated secondary sales, tender offers, structured programs, and cap table control.
A startup-focused office lease checklist covering permitted use, build-outs, security, assignment, expansion rights, and exit flexibility.
An educational guide to the seed-stage convertible note purchase agreement form, including structure, core clauses, and the drafting mistakes founders miss.