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.
Corporate venture capital can look unusually attractive because it promises more than money: distribution, commercial
Founders often ask whether now is the right time to sell as though timing turns
When a private equity firm shows interest in buying a company, founders are often surprised