Top 10 Legal Mistakes Startups & Entrepreneurs Make

•

1 like•131 views

Royse Law Firm is a full service law firm that caters to startups in the Silicon Valley. Roger Royse is the author of Dead on Arrival: Top 10 Legal Mistakes Startups Make.

Small Business & Entrepreneurship

Top 10 Legal Mistakes Startups & Entrepreneurs Make

More from Roger Royse

How to Prepare Your Startup for Venture Capital Investment

Roger Royse

How to Prepare Your Startup for Venture Capital Funding

Roger Royse

How to Negotiate with Venture Capitalists

Roger Royse

Startup Basics: Legal, Business and Financing Strategies in a Downturn

Roger Royse

F50 AG Tech Slides

Roger Royse

Prepare Your Startup for Venture Capital Investment

Roger Royse

"Idea to IPO" Webinar description: The U.S. government is providing relief and stimulating the economy through the $2 TRILLION CARES Act of 2020 and other measures to help corporations, small businesses, and people laid off due to the COVID-19 crisis. The speaker will discuss: 1) What is the CARES Act of 2020? 2) What does the CARES Act of 2020 hope to achieve? 3) Will there be follow up programs to come? 4) How can entrepreneurs and small businesses benefit from the CARES ACT of 2020? 5) How does one go about applying for grants and loans administered under the CARES ACT of 2020? 6) What are the new rules relating to sick leave and paid leave? 7) What COVID-19 related tax incentives are available to companies? and more!

How Your Company is Affected by the CARES Act and Related Legislation

Roger Royse

Venture capital funding is seen as the holy grail for a startup, often improving the company’s chances of a big IPO or exit dramatically. Most companies start their lives with the hope, if not the expectation, that they will eventually receive venture funding. This presentation will cover what a company should do to prepare for venture funding, what steps to take, what the venture capitalists expect and how to avoid venture capital deal breakers. The speaker will discuss: 1) what types of companies are candidates for venture capital funding 2) the essential assets, qualities or aspects that your company must have to approach a venture capitalist 3) how (and when) you should value your company for venture capitalists 4) how you can protect yourself against dilutive rounds, losing control and being removed from management 5) how to get your company in front of venture capitalists and more!

How to Get Your Startup Ready for Venture Capital Funding (Idea To IPO)

Roger Royse

Legal Issues for Tech Startups

Roger Royse

What’s my startup worth? How much equity should founders have? How much equity should I give to employees and consultants? How much should I give the VC’s? Silicon Valley startup attorney Roger Royse of the Royse Law Firm discusses the basic valuation and ownership issues involved in a startup’s life, from formation to financing to exit, including how to value your company and the contributions of stakeholders and investors at each step with a particular emphasis on different models, best practices and traps to avoid.

Startup Basics: How to Split the Pie, Raise Money and Reward Contributors

Roger Royse

Launching a startup - or starting a business - is challenging and is fraught with pitfalls. Roger Royse, the founder of Royse Law Firm, will discus the basics of building a successful business and how to what mistakes to avoid. Roger will discuss: 1) How should entrepreneurs structure their business? 2) How should founders divide equity? 3) What’s the difference between a contractor and an employee? 4) How does a startup get funded? 5) What is an ICO? 6) How does an entrepreneur successfully negotiate with a VC? 7) How viable is crowdfunding in 2019? 8) How should entrepreneurs protect their intellectual property? and more!

Startup Basics: Legal, Business, and Financing Strategies

Roger Royse

Roger Royse, founder of the Royse Law Firm, discusses the various options available to entrepreneurs when it comes to funding their startup. Topics include: 1) What are the best funding options for entrepreneurs to scale their business? 2) When should entrepreneurs pursue external funding? 3) How do entrepreneurs choose the right investor? 4) What alternative sources of funding are available? 5) How and why should a founder stage their funding rounds? 6) When should a founder think about exiting? 7) How can advisors help with the funding process?

Funding 101 for Tech Entrepreneurs & Startups

Roger Royse

Royse Law Firm and BNY Mellon Wealth Management discuss the various legal, tax, and financial scenarios to consider when selling your business. - Is this a good time in the global economic environment to be planning an exit? - What personal financial planning is necessary to maximize the benefit of this exit for my family and me? - What legal, tax, and financial due diligence is critical to ensuring a successful exit? - What are the key elements to successfully selling your business?

Pre-M&A Planning for Startup Founders

Roger Royse

Tax Issues in App Development

Roger Royse

What’s my startup worth? How much equity should founders have? How much equity should I give to employees and consultants? How much should I give to the venture capitalists? Silicon Valley startup attorney Roger Royse of the Royse Law Firm discusses the basic valuation and ownership issues involved in a startup’s life, from formation to financing to exit, including how to value your company and the contributions of stakeholders and investors at each step with a particular emphasis on different models, best practices and traps to avoid.

How to Split the Pie, Raise Money, and Reward Contributors (Idea To IPO)

Roger Royse

Instructor: Roger Royse, Founder of Royse Law Firm Course Title: The Business Basics of Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies, and Tokens Location: Stanford Continuing Studies Week: 7 (of 7) The seventh session will examine legal issues in blockchain applications. We will discuss the legal structure of an initial coin or security coin offering (ICO) in the US and globally, including the rules governing the sale of securities in the US. We will overview patent and intellectual property (IP) issues in blockchain and licensing agreements that provide protection to inventors while making resources available for open innovation.

Week 7 - Legal Issues in Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies

Roger Royse

Instructor: Roger Royse, Founder of Royse Law Firm Course Title: The Business Basics of Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies, and Tokens Location: Stanford Continuing Studies Week: 5 (of 7) The fifth class will get into how blockchain technology will shape innovation in different industries. Relying on economic theory, we will address the question of “How can companies determine if there is strategic value in blockchain?” We will evaluate blockchain’s value in short-term and long-term perspective and explain how companies take a structured approach in developing blockchain strategies. We will examine several successful private blockchain projects such as Maersk TradeLens and look at the factors that come into play when determining whether to use a public or a private blockchain.

Week 5 - Blockchain Economics: Strategic Value in Private Blockchain

Roger Royse

Instructor: Roger Royse, Founder of Royse Law Firm Course Title: The Business Basics of Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies, and Tokens Location: Stanford Continuing Studies Week: 4 (of 7) This class will shift will focus on the promise of smart contracts to provide cheap verification, reduce costs and automate many routine transactions. We will explain what a smart contract is (and what it is not), how it works and discuss where it can be implemented to the current economy. We will discuss the use of distributed applications built on the block chain and examine how Ethereum allows dApps to run. We will also look in depth at several dApps including Cryptokitties, Augur and Local Ethereum.

Week 4 - DApps, Smart Contracts, and Decentralized Incentive Systems

Roger Royse

Instructor: Roger Royse, Founder of Royse Law Firm Course Title: The Business Basics of Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies, and Tokens Location: Stanford Continuing Studies Week: 3 (of 7) The third session focuses specifically on cryptocurrencies. We will discuss the history of digital currencies from Bitcoin to Ether and others. We will review core concepts and terms and more highlight the major events in cryptocurrency space, new opportunities and existing problems that remain to be solved.

Week 3 - Cryptocurrencies

Roger Royse

Instructor: Roger Royse, Founder of Royse Law Firm Course Title: The Business Basics of Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies, and Tokens Location: Stanford Continuing Studies Week: 2 (of 7) The second class will describe the underlying blockchain technology and explain key concepts such as block, hash, blockchain, mode, nonce, distributed and decentralized ledgers, mining, tokens, proof of work, and proof of stake. We will discuss how the technology works and the ways that block chain solutions verifies transactions.

Week 2 - Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies: Key Technical (and Historical) Conc...

Roger Royse

More from Roger Royse (20)

How to Prepare Your Startup for Venture Capital Investment

How to Prepare Your Startup for Venture Capital Funding

How to Negotiate with Venture Capitalists

Startup Basics: Legal, Business and Financing Strategies in a Downturn

F50 AG Tech Slides

Prepare Your Startup for Venture Capital Investment

How Your Company is Affected by the CARES Act and Related Legislation

How to Get Your Startup Ready for Venture Capital Funding (Idea To IPO)

Legal Issues for Tech Startups

Startup Basics: How to Split the Pie, Raise Money and Reward Contributors

Startup Basics: Legal, Business, and Financing Strategies

Funding 101 for Tech Entrepreneurs & Startups

Pre-M&A Planning for Startup Founders

Tax Issues in App Development

How to Split the Pie, Raise Money, and Reward Contributors (Idea To IPO)

Week 7 - Legal Issues in Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies

Week 5 - Blockchain Economics: Strategic Value in Private Blockchain

Week 4 - DApps, Smart Contracts, and Decentralized Incentive Systems

Week 3 - Cryptocurrencies

Week 2 - Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies: Key Technical (and Historical) Conc...

Recently uploaded

Dropbox DBX Q1 2020 Investor Presentation.pdf

LeHerring LLC

Facebook_Meta_Q4-2018-Earnings-Presentation.pdf

LeHerring LLC

Excited to witness the transformative power of AI across industries! Here's a quick overview of five sectors on the brink of significant disruption: 1. Customer Support & Services: AI assistants are revolutionizing interactions, offering seamless automation and superior personalization. The future of support is here! 2. Sales & Marketing: AI-driven analytics are reshaping strategies, ushering in targeted campaigns and personalized engagement. Adaptation is key in this dynamic landscape. 3. Healthcare & Telemedicine: AI diagnostics promise precision and efficiency, transforming patient care. Innovation meets compassion in the healthcare of tomorrow. 4. Entertainment & Gaming: AI-generated content and virtual experiences are redefining entertainment, blending creativity with technology for immersive experiences. 5. Education & eLearning: Adaptive learning platforms are personalizing education, offering tailored experiences for every learner. Exciting times ahead for the classroom of the future! Thrilled to be at the forefront of this AI revolution!

AI Revolution Industries-Transformed.pdf

Mukesh Lagadhir

Bromazolam CAS 71368-80-4 high quality opiates, Safe transportation, 99% pure

amy56318795

AI Data Engineering for SMEs - some tricks and tools

Scott Turner

Financial management icar entrepreneurship development

JyotishBhagat1

This is Uber's first investor presentation (for Q4 2019) after going public in 2019. We're compiling some of the investor presentations for technology start-ups. The purpose is to better understand the business as a point of reference or comparison. I do not own this deck or any of its contents. The original deck can be found on Uber's Investor Relations webpage as part of its required reporting.

Uber 2020 Investor Presentation [Feb 6, 2020]

LeHerring LLC

Establishing an office can be tedious task which requires a lot of funds and other investments. There are numerous benefits of co-working office space, which is convenient and besides sharing the equipment’s, utilities, pantry, and many other infrastructural benefits. The need for recruiting and paying the staff like office boy, receptionist, guard is also pooled by all co-workers. Therefore, sharing the Workspace is a good idea and it allows people to work alone and independently in a co-working space in a big city, where there is a structure for working with others as well as a sense of community. This paper proposes a technological framework for shared use of work space and other facilities. The participating entities of the work space management system are work space owners, an admin and the users. The admin or his manager can put the owners’ work space facilities on rent basis to the client organisations through a work space management system app. The details of work space facilities can include property details along with pics, location and other items like office space, furniture, conference hall with its seating capacity, canteen, gym, medical room, power backup, etc. The user can search for a specific location, can also check the pics, book the office space and conference hall, or can inform about maintenance issue via mail, website or App. User can also look for the reviews and feedbacks from other clients about the selected or liked property. The customer can even filter the property based on the requirement as in the conference/meeting rooms capacity, cafeteria or pantry options, other equipment’s availability like Printer, TV, Projectors, etc.

Tech Framework Integrated Workspace Management System

Sushant Joshi

MBA 674 Final Research Paper Livengood Harnessing Entrepreneurial Spirit .pdf

HeidiLivengood

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

aljazherman

Recently uploaded (10)

Dropbox DBX Q1 2020 Investor Presentation.pdf

Facebook_Meta_Q4-2018-Earnings-Presentation.pdf

AI Revolution Industries-Transformed.pdf

Bromazolam CAS 71368-80-4 high quality opiates, Safe transportation, 99% pure

AI Data Engineering for SMEs - some tricks and tools

Financial management icar entrepreneurship development

Uber 2020 Investor Presentation [Feb 6, 2020]

Tech Framework Integrated Workspace Management System

MBA 674 Final Research Paper Livengood Harnessing Entrepreneurial Spirit .pdf

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Top 10 Legal Mistakes Startups & Entrepreneurs Make

Recommended

Recommended

More Related Content

More from Roger Royse

More from Roger Royse (20)

Recently uploaded

Recently uploaded (10)