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by yokumtaku 14y ago
Sachin - the point is that "convertible equity" can be characterized as qualified small business stock, with potentially a lower capital gain tax rate. It's not the start period on long term capital gains -- as LTCG would start when conver
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What is convertible equity (or a convertible security)?(startupcompanylawyer.com)
15 points by yokumtaku 14y ago|4 comments
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by yokumtaku 16y ago
The note stays outstanding. Generally speaking, there's no good reason for the investor to want to convert into equity, as debt is better in a bankruptcy situation. Some companies might return money to investors before shutting down.
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by yokumtaku 16y ago
Yes, it's the investor option to convert upon maturity into Series AA, not the company option to force conversion.
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Terms of Yuri Milner/SV Angel’s $150K investment into YC companies(startupcompanylawyer.com)
37 points by yokumtaku 16y ago|8 comments
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by yokumtaku 16y ago
See http://www.startupcompanylawyer.com/2007/04/28/what-should-t... and http://www.startupcompanylawyer.com/2010/01/11/what-is-a-con...
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Is convertible debt with a price cap really the best financing structure?(startupcompanylawyer.com)
5 points by yokumtaku 16y ago|0 comments
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Can a California company have unpaid interns?(startupcompanylawyer.com)
2 points by yokumtaku 16y ago|0 comments
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What to do when your common stock is worthless (M&A carveout plan)(startupcompanylawyer.com)
2 points by yokumtaku 17y ago|0 comments
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by yokumtaku 17y ago
I will ponder using that disclaimer the next time I let Adeo post any sample documents. :)
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by yokumtaku 17y ago
You rang? These are the incorporation-related docs used by over 25 of the companies that graduated from TheFunded Founder Institute. The Certificate of Incorporation creating the Class F common stock and the restricted stock purchase agre
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by yokumtaku 17y ago
See http://www.startupcompanylawyer.com/
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When do I need to incorporate a company?(startupcompanylawyer.com)
6 points by yokumtaku 17y ago|0 comments
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Obama proposes no capital gains tax on qualified small business stock(startupcompanylawyer.com)
63 points by yokumtaku 17y ago|43 comments
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Arrington joins list of mentors for TheFunded Founder Institute(founderinstitute.com)
1 points by yokumtaku 17y ago|0 comments
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by yokumtaku 17y ago
The Summer 2009 semester is the first session. They have lined up an impressive set of mentors for the program.
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What is TheFunded Founder Institute?(startupcompanylawyer.com)
2 points by yokumtaku 17y ago|0 comments
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by yokumtaku 17y ago
Thanks for reminding me that I have that post on "How do I find and hire a lawyer" that I've been meaning to write at some point.
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by yokumtaku 17y ago
See http://www.startupcompanylawyer.com/2009/04/23/what-is-class...
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by yokumtaku 17y ago
Thank you for the comment. And I'm pretty sure that you are not someone from our marketing department. :)
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by yokumtaku 17y ago
Thank you for the kind words.
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by yokumtaku 18y ago
There will likely be problems with usury laws in various states that regulate the maximum amount of interest charged on a loan.
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by yokumtaku 18y ago
Of course I remember you and Dave. We should separately catch up. Wondering what you did with the LLC and the other "founders."
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by yokumtaku 18y ago
Thank you for the kind words. Made my day.
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by yokumtaku 18y ago
I don't think that any company thinking about raising outside financing should seriously consider Vermont. Basically, the reason why is no one is familiar with Vermont corporate law.
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by yokumtaku 18y ago
$19 is the cost of lunch and a couple of lattes. While I don't need the book to learn how to pitch, the humor/entertainment value by itself makes it worth skipping lunch to buy. (Note: this is an unsolicited advertisement. Nivi, if you s
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by yokumtaku 18y ago
Apologies. Lawyers should not have to know how to repair MySQL databases. Should be fixed now.
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Legal to-dos before quitting a job to form a startup company(startupcompanylawyer.com)
10 points by yokumtaku 18y ago|3 comments
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by yokumtaku 18y ago
Those are both very good points. On the order of the category headers, I'll implement that today. On the "how to hire" me comment, I've struggled with whether to put more info out there as the original point of the site was so that I could
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by yokumtaku 18y ago
Glad that people find the site helpful.

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