Company Formation

• Selecting the right business entity based on your business needs now and in the future.

• Registering your Delaware Corporation or LLC, including drafting and filing essential documents such as Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws.

• Drafting initial founder stock agreements, advisor shares, and setting up an employee option pool.

• Creation of initial cap table and equity pools 

• Assisting with necessary filings such as BOIR and obtaining an Employer Identification Number (EIN).

• Corporate governance including operating agreements for LLCs and resolutions for the Board of Directors.

Startup Fundraising

• Identifying potential investors, investor list development and relations.

• Consulting on pitch decks, business plans, financial models, and providing thorough pitch presentation preparation.

• Pre-Seed: Structuring and executing friends and family fundraising rounds, ensuring legal and financial compliance.

• Seed: Assisting in securing investments from angel investors, crowdfunding, incubators, accelerators and utilizing financial instruments like SAFEs and Convertible Notes.

• Series A: Supporting you in obtaining venture capital, including valuation support, due diligence and compliance.

• Cap Table Management: As a Carta law firm partner, we offer cap table setup & ongoing management.

Trademarks & Brand

• Trademark registration with USPTO w/ member discounts.

• Initial trademark search and clearance report. Providing you with the likelihood of confusion, trademark filing success and options for filing.

• Trademark class determination and competitive comparisons.

• Worldwide trademark protection

• USPTO attorney of record and notice of all office actions and required deadlines. Ongoing USPTO filing management.

• Initial brand strategy, brand promise, brand core values, brand elements and positioning. Brand revisions and trademark alternatives based on TM search and USPTO responses.

Startup Advisory

• Providing Founder to Founder advice for navigating startup challenges.

• Assisting with co-founder selection and mediating disputes.

• Offering strategic business advice on models, market positioning, and growth.

• Guiding startups through launch planning and execution.

• Supporting beta testing and product feedback and evaluations.

• Network introductions for potential partners, advisors and employees.

• Monthly consultations and progress check-in calls. 

• Offering 24/7 Slack channel for founder questions and advice anytime. 

Business Law

• Advisor agreements and advisor equity determination.

• Initial employee term sheets, employment agreements and equity options.

• Draft confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements (NDAs).

• Custom drafting of master services agreements, independent contractor agreements, SaaS agreements, application developer agreements and partner agreements.

• Office lease agreements.

• Document reviews and revisions. Before entering into a contract, we will review and provide legal recommendations to protect your interests. 

• Privacy policy and terms of service for websites and mobile apps. As a Termageddon partner firm, we recommend a simple line of code to power your website and app policies. 

Growth Strategies

• Go-to-market strategy and marketing plan, budget and execution. 

• Assisting in development of ideal customer profiles (ICPs) differentiation, segmentation and customer acquisition strategy.

• Partnership identification and outreach assistance. 

• Development of comprehensive Account-Based Marketing Strategy for B2B marketing effectiveness. 

• Determination of key marketing milestones and performance measures and attribution. 

• Marketing automation, customer relationship management, outbound & inbound lead scoring, lead routing and response actions.