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Everyone who works at a startup wants their stock options, and they want the good kind – incentive stock options (ISOs).  Why?  ISOs offer two distinct tax advantages over their less popular sibling, nonstatutory stock options (NSOs).  First, the...

Founders’ Agreements are contracts between co-founders of a startup, setting forth the co-founders’ agreement on important issues relating to the venture.  You can put whatever you want in a Founders’ Agreement but the most common issues covered are: equity...

If you have a website, even for personal or recreational use, you should consider copyright issues.  As a general rule, the copyright in a work is owned by its creator, so if you are publishing anything on your site – photos,...

Have you been offered RSUs or heard talk about them, and are wondering how they work?  If so, read on. RSU stands for Restricted Stock Unit, and RSUs are basically a promise by an employer to grant a set number of shares of the company...

If you have a logo, slogan or company name, word or phrase that identifies your goods or services, you may want to consider getting trademark protection for it (learn more about trademarking your business name here).  The good news is that if you’ve...

There’s a lot of confusion over the distinction between an employee and independent contractor.  Is the guy who does coding for you part-time in another state an employee?  How about a college student who teaches a couple of classes...

When you are incorporating your company, one of the first things to decide is where you want to incorporate.  Lots of companies choose Delaware – but why?  There are a few reasons.  One: Delaware corporate law allows corporations a lot of...

In the wake of his sudden rise to fame, the New York Knicks phenomenon and point guard Jeremy Lin has taken the step of trademarking the word “Linsanity.”  What makes “Linsanity” a trademarkeable phrase?  The fact that the word...