The Startup Lawyer
"The entrepreneur's legal resource."
Author: Ryan Roberts is a solo practitioner with offices in Dallas and Southlake, Texas.
Blawg Related Categories: Solo / Small Firm • Business Law
Recent Posts from The Startup Lawyer
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I Got a Term Sheet, Now What?
Getting a term sheet from an investor is like getting an invitation to the Prom in January–you’ve got a long way to go before you dance. When you get a term sheet from a VC…
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Election Calls Turn to Capital Calls
The election is over and thankfully so are those robotic “vote for prop 98c(ii) or else your head will explode and dolphins will die” phone calls. However, some large institutions wish they were getting those…
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7 Legal Documents for Your Tech Startup
When launching a startup, you want to make and keep your startup as valuable as possible. But in order to do that, your tech startup needs to ensure that (a) the intellectual property is owned…
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Don’t Go Crazy with Complex Rounds of Seed Funding
I loved Pitch Camp. Flip Flops. Free donuts and pizza. Hours of “unauthorized” advice from the angel investor, venture capital, and journalism communities. It sure beat the heck out of any legal conference I’ve ever…
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You Can’t Hit a Home Run Unless You Step Up to the Plate
Judging by the recent spike of emails and calls, more of you are considering diving into the startup world. I think this is the perfect time to do so. And no, I haven’t been in…
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Par Value for a Startup Company’s Stock
Par value is the minimum price that a corporation can issue its shares. While I typically see par values of either $1 or “no par value” when looking at startups that have incorporated on their…
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How Many Shares Should a Startup Company Authorize at Incorporation?
An often overlooked aspect of filing a certificate of formation or articles of incorporation is determining how many shares the new corporation should authorize. This decision doesn’t really matter to most businesses (I don’t have…
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Burnout Rate
In retrospect, the signs were there. Three consecutive nights dreaming about legal document drafting, a 36-hour illness almost worthy of an ER visit, and brainlock. I was burned out. I finally decided to take a…
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Coworking Confidential
Last Thursday, I became the first lawyer to spend a day working from a startup coworking environment. (Well, I’ll make the claim until someone tells me otherwise.) Coworking is a collaboration space for developers, writers,…
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How I Launched My Startup (Law Firm)
I’m often contacted by lawyers for advice about going solo. In the legal world, going solo is the equivalent of quitting your day job and launching your startup full-time. So I’m dedicating this blog post…