4 Ways to Protect Your Business From Wage and Hour Lawsuits
In 2017, employers were hit with over 8,200 Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) wage and hour lawsuits, largely due to failure to pay the...
Be Careful with Convertible Notes: Your SAFE May Hurt You
Convertible notes and convertible equity instruments, like Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE), are supposed to be simple,...
Equity Compensation for Startup Employees: Top Mistakes to Avoid
Equity compensation is a great recruiting tool and an effective employee retention strategy for startups and early stage companies. You...
Silicon Valley Likes Section 1045 Exchanges: Rollovers of Gain from QSBS
You might have heard of tax free rollovers. And you might be familiar with Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code, which allows you to...
Setting up an S Corporation? Watch Out How It Affects Your Founder Stock
If you are starting a business, be careful not to rush to set your company up as an S corporation without first considering the qualified...
Pass-Through Entities: New 20 Percent Qualified Business Income (QBI) Deduction
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) added a new tax deduction for owners of pass-through entities – a 20 percent deduction of qualified...
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Employer’s Legal Guide to Stock Option Grants [Checklist]
If you want to grant stock options to employees, consultants and advisors, you will want to take the time to do this right. It is easy to...
The Startup’s Guide to Hiring a Lawyer
Startups tend to have “DIY” in their DNA. Founders are likely to find themselves changing the copier toner or fixing a leaky faucet in...
Legal Guide to Revenue Loans
Revenue loans are an increasingly common way for businesses to fund their growth. You might be wondering, from a legal perspective, how...
4 Things to Know About VCs and Non-Disclosure Agreements
You’re a tech entrepreneur at an emerging startup. To date, you’ve bootstrapped your company, but now you’re at the stage where you’re...
A Hidden Pitfall of Convertible Debt: Full Ratchet Anti-Dilution Rights
Last week, we covered one little-known problem with convertible debt—unpriced multiple liquidation preferences. Here we’ll look at...
The Difference Between Participating and Non-Participating Preferred Stock
I often get questions from founders about different types of stock or equity they can offer investors. In preferred stock offerings...
Why you need to have a founders’ agreement in place
One business risk many startups overlook is the relationship between cofounder(s). They assume formal agreements are unnecessary. Big...
4 Reasons Your Startup Shouldn’t Be an LLC
In the frantic life of a startup, founders often find themselves making countless decisions, day in, day out. The rapid-fire nature of...
Valuation Caps: Necessary or Evil?
Are you considering using convertible notes for your next round of fundraising? If so, it’s important to know what a valuation cap...
Warrants and Stock Options: Legalities and Tax Implications
Stock options and stock warrants are similar in many ways. Both provide the right to buy a company’s stock for a certain period and at a...
5 Key Areas to Address in Your SaaS Customer Agreements
As a transactional lawyer working with startups, a large part of my practice is helping software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies draft and...
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