Preparing for Funding Ep2: Founders Agreements

Office Hours is our podcast covering general issues related to small businesses and startups. Preparing For Funding is a series of Office Hours episodes about getting your company’s legal house in order before taking on funding.

We have recut this series to reflect updates in law and venture trends in the last 5 years. Listen to Ep2 Recut here.

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In this episode, we discuss the difference between vesting and reverse vesting, confidentiality agreements and assignment of intellectual property, restricted stock and 83(b) elections, ROFR, and Class F founders stock.

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4 Years with a 1-Year Cliff
83(b) Election
Accelerated Vesting
Bylaws
Capital Gains
Change in Control
Class F Common Stock
Consideration
Dilution
Dividend
Exit
Fair Market Value
Founders Stock
Independent Contractor
Issued Shares
Milestones
Newco
Non-Compete Agreement
Non-Solicitation Agreement
Option Plan
Ordinary Income Tax
Par Value
Preferred Stock
Repurchase Option
Restricted Stock
Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement (RSPA)
Reverse Vesting
Right of First Refusal (ROFR)
Security
Unicorn
Vesting
Vesting Schedule
Voting Rights
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