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The blog posts on Startup Percolator cover a wide range of topics essential for entrepreneurs and startups. 
Startup - Fundraising
April 1, 2024 Fundraising

Surviving the Series A Crunch: Financing Alternatives

 The “Series A Crunch,” which is the significant decline in the number of startup companies per quarter that are completing their first equity financing, appears to be deepening. View blog post
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April 1, 2024 Formation

Use a Term Sheet Before You Incorporate

 Lawyers will tell you it’s important to incorporate your company as soon as you possibly can to avoid personal liability and to settle all outstanding matters among the founders. That’s good advice, but the place to start is with a Term Sheet for the incorporation. View blog post
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April 1, 2024 Formation

What Every Startup Needs to Know

 On Wednesday, June 26th, Perkins Coie’s Palo Alto office hosted the startupPerColator event, “What Every Startup Needs to Know.” Lowell Ness, a Perkins Coie partner in the Emerging Companies & Venture Capital (ECVC) practice, moderated a panel which included Herb Stephens of NueHealth, Thomas Huot of VantagePoint Capital, Jennifer Jones of Jennifer Jones and Partners, Yuri Rabinovich of Start-up Monthly, and Olga Rodstein of Shutterfly. View blog post
Startup - Employees
March 29, 2024 Employees

Interns are Likely Employees

 Summer is often the season when employers consider hiring interns, but there is never a wrong time to brush up on the wage-and-hour laws surrounding paid and unpaid interns. View blog post
Startup - Fundraising
October 24, 2023 Fundraising

NY Tech Week: Term Sheet Tear Down with BBG Ventures and Perkins Coie

 BBG Ventures & Perkins Coie co-hosted a Term Sheet Tear Down Happy Hour during NY Tech Week, teaching women and diverse founders the intricacies of term sheet negotiation and "founder-friendly terms." View blog post
Startup - Equity Compensation
October 18, 2023 Equity Compensation

Dealing with “Dead Equity”

 "Dead equity" refers to company stock owned by individuals and entities no longer contributing to the company. View blog post
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October 2, 2023 Formation

When Should I Form a Legal Entity?

 As startup lawyers, we often receive inquiries from passionate entrepreneurs and founders seeking guidance on when they should consider taking their side projects to the next step by forming a legal entity.  View blog post
Startup - Governance and Risk Management
March 17, 2023 Governance/Risk Management

Investment Company Status Considerations for Cash Positioning in Wake of Bank Failures

 Given this week's headlines, many emerging companies may be asking themselves: "Why am I holding so much cash?" View blog post
Startup - Governance and Risk Management
March 8, 2023 Governance/Risk Management

Fiduciary Duties in Insolvency

 Regardless of its financial situation, a corporation's board of directors owes fiduciary duties to the corporation. View blog post
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February 17, 2023 Formation

Hot Tax Deal: Qualified Small Business Stock

 Startup founders and investors could miss out on huge tax savings if they fail to consider the potentially significant tax benefits of holding qualified small business stock (QSBS). View blog post
Startup - Governance and Risk Management
February 10, 2023 Governance/Risk Management

Warning Signs of Insolvency

 In times of economic uncertainty, it is important for emerging companies to recognize, prevent and address financial distress. View blog post
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February 2, 2023 Formation

Founders’ Preferred Stock

 Founders' preferred stock (also called series FF preferred stock) addresses certain tax and accounting issues that can arise when founders decide to get early liquidity by selling shares of their stock to investors at the same price as other preferred stock sold in a concurrent equity financing ("New Preferred Stock"). View blog post
Startup - Fundraising
October 25, 2022 Fundraising

You’ve Got VC Money: The Punchlist

 As outside counsel to thousands of VC-backed startups, we are often asked the same questions about what startups need to do after raising their first round of VC financing. View blog post
Startup - Governance and Risk Management
October 24, 2022 Governance/Risk Management

You’ve Got VC Money: Board Duties

 Now that you have a VC-backed board, good corporate governance and a well-functioning board are even more necessary than when your board was made up solely of founders. View blog post
Startup - Governance and Risk Management
October 24, 2022 Governance/Risk Management

You’ve Got VC Money: Board Meetings

 Board meetings are your opportunity to check in with and give an update to your bosses and get feedback and guidance from the experienced members of your board. View blog post
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