legal-compliance

Choosing a Delaware C-Corp versus an LLC for startup fundraising depends on your investor expectations. This Skill provides entity selection guidance to clarify when a C-Corp structure matters for raising venture capital and accepting institutional funding.

The difference between SAFEs and convertible notes lies in their debt structure and valuation cap mechanics. This Skill explains these early-stage financing instruments, highlighting key trade-offs to help founders understand cap table impacts before discussing with counsel.

Structuring founder vesting schedules and an ESOP requires defining equity grants, cliff periods, and option pools. This Skill provides cap table awareness and governance basics to design equity plans that reduce early-stage startup formation risks.

Before a legal review for startup equity and governance, you should outline your entity type, equity plan, and financing goals. This Skill offers practical scenarios with checklists and question prompts to prepare founders for compliance negotiations.

You need a founder agreement during company formation to define equity allocation, vesting terms, and intellectual property ownership. This Skill clarifies these fundamental legal structures, providing example terms to help founders ask the right questions of counsel.