VW Blog Articles by Mattison Raiford Spaulding

Part 2 of our legal housekeeping series covers the tactical side of keeping your company in order: what to loop your attorney in on, the pitfalls that trip founders up most often (from 83(b) failures to messy cap tables), and a practical annual checklist to stay on track. Founders who treat housekeeping as routine move faster, spend less on clean-up, and enter due diligence in a much stronger position.

From minute books and cap tables to board approvals and executed contracts, part one of this two-part series walks through what good legal housekeeping looks like—and why founders who treat it as a low priority tend to pay for it later in time, money, and stalled deals.