Startup Fundamentals Workshop #1 – Doing a startup right
This event below is organized and managed by Founders Floor, Lifograph and Silicon Valley Startup Entrepreneurs.
RSVP and tickets available on Eventbrite ONLY.
Dinner and refreshments are provided. Space is limited. RSVP early.
This is the first workshop in a series of 4 sessions for startup founders, startup executives, entrepreneurs, innovators and developers.
In this first segment of the Startup Fundamentals series, Roger Rappoport, partner at Procopio Law, a respected law firm in Silicon Valley, will conduct an interactive, informative session with great take away materials and actionable items.
This 2 hour workshop will cover topics such as company formation, founder vesting schedules, capitalization table, stock allocation and much more.
Besides building and selling a product, entrepreneurs need to worry about many other things:
– How to form a company
– How to hire the right people
– How to compensate the team
– How to split the pie with the cofounders and the team members
– How much equity to give investors and at what valuation
– How to raise money and under what terms
– And many more
Often times these issues seem overwhelming, and traps for the unwary or uninformed are numerous.
However, successfully avoiding the most common pitfalls can make a significant difference:
– as to whether or not your startup is fundable
– the sources and types of capital that you will attract
– who controls the company
– how much you will make upon exit
– and overall your startup’s likelihood of success.
Agenda
6:00pm – 6:45pm – Dinner and networking, demo/sponsor tables
6:45pm – 7:00pm – Intros, demo/sponsor tables mentions
7:00pm – 8:30pm – Speakers program and Q&A
8:30pm – 9:00pm – Meet the speaker, networking
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Date:
Thursday, 06/18/2015
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6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Location:
Founders Floor
2 North 1st St., 5th Floor
San Jose, CA 95113
COWORKING ACCELERATOR
Interested in taking your startup to the next level?
Topic
Startup issues that will be covered in this workshop (among others):
• choices in entity selection;
• creating an appropriate capitalization table;
• co-founders vs early employees (should they be treated differently?);
• appropriate allocations of founders’ stock (including Series FF Preferred Stock) between founders and vesting, repurchase rights and rights of first refusal;
• determining if and when it is appropriate to obtain proxiesfrom co-founders/early employees;
• stock allocation for employees, consultants, board and advisory board members, and the perils of Section 409A under the Internal Revenue Code when granting options;
• when milestone based vesting, as opposed to time based vesting, is appropriate;
• the assignment of intellectual property, and ensuring that all IP created belongs to the company;
• executing employment/consulting agreements; and
• the value of developing an intellectual property strategy early on.
Speaker
Roger Rappoport
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Procopio’s Emerging Growth
Roger Rappoport is the leader of Procopio’s Emerging Growth and Technology Practice Group.
He has extensive experience in advising startup and emerging growth companies in the information technology,telecommunications, life sciences and cleantech industries.
Roger is a frequent speaker and panelist on topics and issues related to the development and implementation of a company’s formation and funding strategy.
Before attending law school, he was the founder of a technology company with $10 million in revenue.
Roger is very connected with investors in Silicon Valley and beyond. He has advised many startups on multi-million funding rounds.
Free street parking
Abundant street parking is available for free after 6:00 p.m. in downtown San Jose. Streets closest to Founders Floor with free street parking are Santa Clara St., North Market St. and St. John St.
Free parking garage
Founders Floor will provide a 2 hour free parking voucher to the Market & San Pedro Square Parking Garage. This garage is only one block away from Founders Floor. It’s located at 45 N. Market St., between W. Santa Clara St. and W. St. John St. Upon check-in at the Founders Floor event, make sure you ask for the 2 hour free parking voucher.
Public transportation
VTA Light Rail is right outside our building, and runs every 20 minutes making public transportation fast and easy. Both the Mountain View-Winchester and the Alum Rock-Santa Teresa VTA light rail stop at the Santa Clara Station(s) which is located just a block away.