Introduction · Startup Incorporation for Founders
There’s a variety of details about startup incorporation on the web, but it surely’s typically fallacious or deceptive, regardless that it’d seem credible. Not solely that, however seemingly credible sources will typically contradict one another.
Should you’re a startup founder, how do you reconcile every little thing? We wrote this handbook to assist clear up this downside.
You’ll be able to belief the content material on this handbook as a result of we’re two skilled startup attorneys. We labored in one of many prime startup regulation practices in Silicon Valley and have relationships with most of the prime startup attorneys throughout the nation. And since we run Clerky, we’ve in all probability thought extra deeply about startup incorporation than anybody else.
We’ll first go over what incorporation is and why startups do it. We’ll then talk about timing concerns so you possibly can decide when to include your startup. Lastly, we’ll go into choices you may make if you incorporate. Please be aware that the scope of this handbook is proscribed to incorporation. For details about the startup formation steps that come after incorporation, see Formation in our Authorized Ideas handbook.
Whilst you can learn the handbook from begin to end, chances are you’ll discover it extra environment friendly to skip round to the sections you’re most taken with. We’ll offer you what it’s essential learn about a given subject. Our aim is to be goal, so we’ll let you recognize if there’s a lack of consensus about something. We’ll additionally spotlight and debunk frequent misconceptions.
Please take pleasure in!
Darby Wong
Co-Founder and CEO
Clerky, Inc.
P.S. — If there’s something you’re interested by that we missed, please let us know! And in the event you’re a startup legal professional and have suggestions about something, we’d like to hear from you as properly.