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Business formation
We are a small team of co-founders from the UK. At this point we are bootstrapping our startup and try to keep expenses as low as possible. I would...
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Other
Our attorney has made an introduction which led to an investment commitment in our financing round. As the investor is a client of his, I am wonder...
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Other
Hello! We are an Invoicing SaaS startup and recently launched a campaign to expand our customer base beyond North America. A potential customer fro...
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Fundraising
We are a small team with a mostly technical background and have been bootstrapping our product for a while. We are preparing a larger financing rou...
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Business formation
For launching a web-based C2C platform we were wondering where we should incorporate. If the biggest part of the team is operating out of NY, do we...
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Convertible notes
How do startups determine which discount rate to use? I heard that 20% is often used. But what exactly informs the decision? How do we justify it t...
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Employment
I like to code in my free time and create my own software which based on my own ideas, not on my work for my employer. I also create artwork and de...
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Patents
Is it possible to patent our technology but then treat it like open-source and make it available for everybody? Under what circumstances would this...
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