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by swampthing 3y ago
Thanks so much for the kind words Greg!
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by swampthing 3y ago
Thanks for bookmarking :) It sounds like the last section in particular, the one about the types of information that go into a certificate of incorporation, may be particularly of interest in that case. And yes, you're exactly right ab
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by swampthing 3y ago
Thank you! Yes, I've always felt it would be great if all types of businesses had the same resources that startups have. We get into this a bit in the handbook, but the lack of that is primarily because regular small businesses are a
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by swampthing 3y ago
Indeed! The main difficulty is that while we are experts on startup law, we're not in other things, such as co-ops. But we are working on a way to allow others to combine their expertise with our software to serve other markets :)
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by swampthing 3y ago
That is on our list of TODO items! We were thinking more along the lines of ebook formats though, like Kindle and ePub. Would you prefer a PDF instead?
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by swampthing 3y ago
Ooh, that's a good idea. I'm a huge fan of co-ops (not for any principled reason, I just think they're cool). They aren't common for startups of the type we're writing about, but I think it does make sense to disc
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by swampthing 3y ago
Excellent point! We are prone to forgetting about things like that :)
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Startup Incorporation for Founders: A new handbook(handbooks.clerky.com)
290 points by swampthing 3y ago|89 comments
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by swampthing 3y ago
Hi! I'm one of the founders of Clerky :) The forms in our equity compensation products were developed in partnership with Orrick, which has one of the leading startup practices. They've been used by thousands of startups and have
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by swampthing 4y ago
Thanks for using Clerky :) We have a help center article on this topic, actually: https://help.clerky.com/article/2833-find-a-startup-attorney . Please feel free to reach out if you need!
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Incorporating Before December 31?(blog.clerky.com)
2 points by swampthing 4y ago|0 comments
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Show HN: Managed 83(b) Elections from Clerky (YC S11)
8 points by swampthing 4y ago|3 comments
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by swampthing 4y ago
How do you get from your first paragraph to your second? Many immigrants I know are, if anything, more zealous about freedom of speech than other Americans. It was one of the reasons why they went through the trouble of immigrating here.
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by swampthing 4y ago
Hi! I'm the CEO of Clerky — and you are exactly right to be careful, for the reason you mentioned. If you have a non-US founder, the safest thing to do is to at least seek the counsel of a startup attorney. There are a lot of online
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Clerky (YC S11) is hiring senior software engineers (Rails, remote)(jobs.lever.co)
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Grapher User Guide(support.apple.com)
2 points by swampthing 4y ago|0 comments
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by swampthing 5y ago
Clerky | Senior Software Engineer | REMOTE | Full Time | Ruby on Rails Clerky is the most popular way for high-growth technology startups to form, and we're also used by tons of top-tier startups for hiring and fundraising. We're
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Clerky is hiring senior software engineers (full-stack, Rails) everywhere(jobs.lever.co)
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by swampthing 5y ago
There’s close to zero chance you can sell investors non-voting shares as an early-stage startup. There is non-voting equity that can convert into shares, but they will certainly dilute you even if they don’t convert and those shares will a
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by swampthing 5y ago
I worked on this handbook quite a bit — thanks to OP for posting it on HN! A pleasant surprise :) To answer your first question, dilution has little to do with how you structure the equity and more to do with the price at which you sell it
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Clerky (YC S11) is hiring senior full-stack software engineers (Rails, remote)(jobs.lever.co)
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by swampthing 5y ago
Congrats Sean!
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Clerky (YC S11) is hiring senior full-stack software engineers (Rails, remote)(jobs.lever.co)
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by swampthing 5y ago
I was just going to post about Kai as well. I agree, it's worth a stop!
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Clerky is hiring senior full-stack software engineers (Ruby on Rails)(jobs.lever.co)
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by swampthing 5y ago
I haven't actually, thank you for the informative link!
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by swampthing 5y ago
Even if it weren't for energy use, not having to change light bulbs for a decade is a huge motivation to switch.
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by swampthing 5y ago
The Japanese aren’t exactly known for being sloppy or cutting corners. What is the cultural difference you’re referring to?
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Clerky is hiring senior full-stack software engineers (Ruby on Rails)(jobs.lever.co)
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by swampthing 5y ago
Thanks — I appreciate all the info and advice! This is invaluable.

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