Scaleup Speaker Series
Scaleup Speaker Series
Morrison & Foerster offers a free nine-part series on the legal side of founding a startup. This weekly Friday webinar will arm you with the knowledge needed to manage the legal aspects of launching, funding, and growing a startup, with insights to avoid common mistakes that can have serious consequences down the road.
1. Incorporating a Startup - July 8, 2022 Learn key differences between types of legal entities and how they impact the ability to raise capital, build a workforce and achieve a successful company exit.
2. Intellectual Property Basics - July 15, 2022 Learn the basics of the different types of IP, how they add value to your startup, and missteps to avoid that may prevent you from protecting your IP.
3. Raising Angel Investment (including Convertible Note Financing) - July 22, 2022 Learn the most common angel investment structures and practices in seed stage investing (including debt, equity and hybrid approaches) and an introduction to the preferred stock terms that form the basis of venture capital investments.
4. Raising Venture Capital Investment (Deal Terms and Structures) - July 29, 2022 Learn the basic concepts, structures, and math behind venture capital investments, including capital structures, term sheets, and capitalization and liquidation models.
5. Most Common Legal Mistakes of Startup Entrepreneurs - August 5, 2022 Learn more than a dozen common mistakes, their impact on startups, and how to avoid them in the first place.
6. Startup Equity Incentives - August 12, 2022 Learn the basics of customary equity incentives and how they are used to attract and retain top talent in a competitive market. We will discuss founder vesting, restricted stock, and stock options (including ISOs and NSOs).
7. Follow-On Venture Financing Complexities - August 19, 2022 Learn how startups and investors manage down rounds, recapitalizations, pay-to-play financings, and other complexities that arise only in the second and subsequent rounds of financing.
8. Selling Your Startup - August 25, 2022 Learn the differences among acquisition structures, fundamental merger and acquisition (M&A) terms, and an overview of definitive M&A agreements and processes.
9. Open Forum Recap - September 2, 2022 Join our interactive open forum where you can ask startup expert attorneys questions on topics raised during earlier sessions or startup legal questions generally.
To Register,
Kindly email Vishal Singh - ECVCevents@mofo.com
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