Drafting the right employment letter Building a new business is exciting, and hiring your first employees can be equally as impressive. Many employees in Silicon Valley elect to make employment offers via a written letter. These are helpful for reference and record-keeping purposes. They also provide employment candidates with written documentation of their salaries for […]
Including Redemption Rights in my Preferred Stock
Including Redemption Rights in my Preferred Stock In most cases, publicly-traded corporations issue preferred and common stock. Stockholders who are classified as preferred stockholders are entitled to take their stock dividends and may be able to claim assets before any common stockholders are ever ready to do so. Redemption rights are rights that allow preferred […]
How Many Founders Should My Startup Have?
Starting a business isn’t easy, especially in San Jose. It takes long hours, passion, dedication, and the help of friends, family, and business professionals. You’ve likely benefited from multiple sources in the formation of your company, but how many founders are too many? Founders can add value to your San Jose startup, but they can […]
How do I Find The Right Buyer for My Startup?
How do I Find The Right Buyer for My Startup It’s a formula that goes back for years, maybe as old as business itself. Start a business, make it successful, and sell it to another company for a lot of money. Repeat as necessary. The process as doubtless has been going on for more than […]
How can Entrepreneurs Test Their Idea Before Launching
Get off the ground and dive in with your idea for your business_ But with caution! With that one great idea for your startup- you are ready to take-off into entrepreneurship. Wait! Is the idea Workable Enough? There is no doubt about the idea, but there’s a big difference between thinking about the “ wanting […]
Finding Investors for My Startup
San Jose Business Attorneys Helping your Startup Company Flourish It’s the dream of many San Jose entrepreneurs to stand before a group of famed venture capitalists and come out with the deal of a lifetime. However, few startups in need of investors require this opportunity to succeed. Venture capitalists and savvy tech investors are waiting […]
Drafting a Management Rights Letter
Venture capital investment often comes with a variety of complex documents. These documents can include stock purchase agreements, stockholder agreements, convertible notes, term sheets, and charter amendments. All of these documents typically arise during the early stages of investment. However, one of the documents which young entrepreneurs fear most is the management rights letter […]
Do I Need a California Lender’s License?
In the State of California, a finance lender is an individual who is in the business of making commercial and consumer loans. The purpose of a California finance lender’s license is to allow the holder of the license an exemption from the California Constitution’s usury provisions. Some types of loan transactions, like retail installment sales […]
How to Create a Marketing Strategy Before Your Startup Launches?
What is a marketing strategy? No matter how advanced and uncommon is your technology or business model, a startup company usually faces many difficulties while surviving without a proper marketing strategy for startup that centers on customer acquisition. Effective marketing works like a medium that can effectively build the brand’s image and drives messaging to […]
What are the Roles and Responsibilities of the Founders?
Company founders – particularly the founders of a start-up company – have many duties, roles, and responsibilities which they must execute and undertake. Founders of small businesses are the heart and soul of that business, and they should know what they can do – and what they should refrain from doing – under various circumstances. […]