PhD+ Commercialization 6: Teams & Founder's Agreement

This is the sixth session of PhD Plus Commercialization skills series. 

Objective of this session is to gain some insight into the challenges that can emerge among founding teams as they attempt to agree upon key issues at the birth of a company: (1) roles & responsibilities given team members experience and backgrounds, (2) respective ownership interests in the company, (3) and decision-making when the times get tough.

:: PLEASE READ / WATCH ::

Touve, D. Founders agreements.

:: FOR FURTHER BACKGROUND ::

Linfield, J. (2015). Founder Basics: Founder’s Stock, Vesting and Founder Departures. CooleyGO, Cooley LLP.

Gallagher, B. (2013). Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy say alleged Snapchat co-founder never had equity. TechCrunch, July 31, 2013.

Cooley LLP, START articles

Frank Reginald Brown v. Snapchat (lawsuit filed in LA Superior Court).

Orrick, LLP. Examples of Startup Legal documents.

De La Merced, M. J. (2014). Lawsuit questions Square's startup story. New York Times, January 30, 2014.

INSTRUCTOR

David Touve, Senior Director, Applied Innovations and New Ventures, Batten Institute, Darden School of Business

REGISTRATION

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