The Secret Terms on Unicorn Startup Termsheets George January 3, 2016 Billion Dollar Apps, Legal It's worthing knowing your legalise (unfortunately as an entrepreneur you have no choice). Fenwick has outlined the most interesting terms that are typically secret, and used often in $1billion+ rounds. It's...
5 Financing Tips for founders that give you power and control George November 20, 2014 Insights, Legal In the first half of this year, the level of venture-capital investment hit its highest quarterly mark since Q2 2001. Big M&A deals like WhatsApp, Oculus and Zillow have become prolific. And more and more...
Free Company Advisor Agreement George November 9, 2014 Legal Early on you're likely to want to get advisors on board for your company. This is a great idea, but as with any relationship, you should make it formal, and its handy signing a simple but solid agreement. My...
Free Intellectual Property (IP) Assignment Template George October 19, 2014 Legal I've added a pretty handy document here that I have used a number of times with contractors and other people doing any kind of work for my company. This template is suitable for use between a company...
Free Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) Template George October 17, 2014 Legal So it's always a good idea to have anyone you're working with sign an NDA or Non Disclosure Agreement. Firstly, it makes you appear serious about the work that you're doing, and secondly it makes the person...
Free Founder Collaboration Agreement George September 13, 2014 Legal One of the most important agreement you can make is that with a potential cofounder of a new company. I would to say that this process always go without a problem, and that everyone honours their word but...
Everything You Wanted to Know about Convertible Notes George August 31, 2014 Funding, Legal One of the most entrepreneur friendly ways to raise early stage financing for your startup is to raise what is called a Convertible Note. What is a Convertible Note? A convertible note is one way to raise...
Free Seed Round Investment Contracts George August 19, 2014 Legal So when it comes down to your Seed Round of funding, the lower that you can keep your legal costs the better. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't invest the time and effort in getting the very best legal work...
Best Startup Law Firms in London George June 29, 2014 Legal Finding a good law firm to work with is a tough ask, especially when you're just starting out. One of the best approaches is to ask around - ideally from friends, colleagues and anyone you know who has done it...
