Founders Agreements

Whether you’re starting a company with your best friend or a few guys you met at a coffee house, you can’t predict how the relationship among Founders will change over time. Many companies (and friendships) have been ruined because a difficult situation arose and the Founders could not agree on how to resolve it, so [...]

Raising Cash from Friends, Family and Accredited Investors

With venture capital and angel financing harder to come by right now, it is tempting to ask friends and family to invest a little seed capital to keep your business running until institutional investors loosen their purse strings. Proceed with caution! Selling shares to friends and family may seem like a simple proposition – after [...]