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  • Negotiating exit strategy in term sheets
    Fundraising For a seed investment, what should we know about typical term sheet clauses on exit strategies? How would a 'liquidation event' be defined?
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  • Is the "I accept" Button usually enough?
    Litigation Legally speaking, can a website get into trouble regarding its Terms of Service/Privacy Policy etc. when users are only required to click an "I acc...
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  • Seed round scenario
    Convertible notes We are planning the launch of our seed round. We are asking for funding in convertible notes for the first two years. The database we are building ...
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  • Do we need a CFO, or an external financial advisor?
    Financial services Hi! We have been generating some income through early adopters and some consulting work in the seed stage, but we haven't launched a release yet. A...
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  • How should we found the company?
    Business formation We are an early stage startup based in Hong Kong. What kind of legal documentation is required to launch as a company and prepare a funding round?
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  • Can stock options be given to employees at a foreign location?
    Employment Under what legal conditions (if any) can US startups issue stock options / RSUs to remote foreign workers? What are the limitations that may exist?
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  • How do I give shares to a co-founder?
    Business formation I have founded an LLC with a partner and want to bring in two more co-founders for a n% of the company. How would I go about doing this legally, wh...
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  • Can I use domain names that are similar to major brands?
    Trademark As an example, could I use something like youtubehacks.com, appletutor.com or facebooknet.com? For a company that develop products specifically gea...
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  • Is it possible to patent a particular implementation and use case of a well-known statistical technique?
    Patents I have to be intentionally vague for obvious reasons. The technique is standard and reasonably well known amongst Bayesian statisticians. How...
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  • What legal steps should we take before releasing an app?
    Business strategy We are group of developers who are currently developing an Android app. Before we release it, which legal steps would you recommend for us to take?...
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