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Flexibility in Startup Law", "url": "https://siliconhillslawyer.com/2018/03/15/standardization-v-flexibility-startup-law/", "published_at": "2018-03-15T22:06:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfb0-2652-7196-86cf-da25e9504105", "title": "When a Startup Lawyer can’t scale.", "url": "https://siliconhillslawyer.com/2018/03/01/startup-lawyer-cant-scale/", "published_at": "2018-03-01T16:15:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfb0-65e1-722f-a4c2-46d7bab24968", "title": "The Board works for the Common Stock", "url": "https://siliconhillslawyer.com/2018/02/07/board-works-common-stock/", "published_at": "2018-02-07T22:44:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfb0-65e1-722f-a4c2-46d7bb6c4530", "title": "Why Startups Need Signals", "url": "https://siliconhillslawyer.com/2018/01/08/startups-need-signals/", "published_at": "2018-01-08T13:23:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfb0-65e1-722f-a4c2-46d7bbc02436", "title": "Negotiation and Inexperience", "url": "https://siliconhillslawyer.com/2017/12/11/negotiation-and-inexperience/", "published_at": "2017-12-11T17:36:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfb0-65e1-722f-a4c2-46d7bc164c31", "title": "Commercial / Tech Transactions Lawyers", "url": "https://siliconhillslawyer.com/2017/12/01/commercial-tech-transactions-lawyers/", "published_at": "2017-12-01T08:49:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfb0-65e1-722f-a4c2-46d7bcb822e8", "title": "Founder Burnout and Long-Distance Thinking", "url": "https://siliconhillslawyer.com/2017/11/27/founder-burnout/", "published_at": "2017-11-27T23:11:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfb0-9e1a-738d-93ae-d2ce099ec61a", "title": "Lawyers and NPS", "url": "https://siliconhillslawyer.com/2017/11/16/startup-lawyers-and-nps/", "published_at": "2017-11-16T15:54:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfb0-9e1a-738d-93ae-d2ce09d12366", "title": "More Tech Startups are LLCs", "url": "https://siliconhillslawyer.com/2017/11/06/tech-startups-llc/", "published_at": "2017-11-06T18:19:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfb0-9e1a-738d-93ae-d2ce09ee0af4", "title": "“Founder Friendly”", "url": "https://siliconhillslawyer.com/2017/10/27/founder-friendly/", "published_at": "2017-10-27T14:58:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfb0-9e1a-738d-93ae-d2ce0a8a7538", "title": "Non-Competes and Startups", "url": "https://siliconhillslawyer.com/2017/10/24/non-competes/", "published_at": "2017-10-24T13:44:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfb0-9e1a-738d-93ae-d2ce0aad05bd", "title": "SAFEs v. Convertible Notes, updated.", "url": "https://siliconhillslawyer.com/2017/10/18/safes-v-convertible-notes-updated/", "published_at": "2017-10-18T17:35:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfb0-cb99-72a7-ba42-1799162744fc", "title": "Common Stock v. Preferred Stock", "url": "https://siliconhillslawyer.com/2017/10/13/common-stock-v-preferred-stock/", "published_at": "2017-10-13T23:02:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfb0-cb99-72a7-ba42-17991714b2f2", "title": "Transparency, Risk, and Failure", "url": "https://siliconhillslawyer.com/2017/10/05/transparency-reduces-risk/", "published_at": "2017-10-05T11:18:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfb0-cb99-72a7-ba42-179917df4185", "title": "The problem with chasing whales.", "url": "https://siliconhillslawyer.com/2017/09/14/problem-chasing-whales/", "published_at": "2017-09-14T14:46:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfb0-cb99-72a7-ba42-179918554e7c", "title": "Tiered Valuation Caps", "url": "https://siliconhillslawyer.com/2017/09/10/tiered-valuation-caps-convertible-notes/", "published_at": "2017-09-10T12:22:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfb0-cb99-72a7-ba42-179918896661", "title": "Vesting Schedules – Beyond the Standard", "url": "https://siliconhillslawyer.com/2017/09/06/vesting-schedules-non-standard/", "published_at": "2017-09-06T12:57:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfb0-e808-73c1-b9f6-1a457f409bf6", "title": "Scaling Strategic Counsel", "url": "https://siliconhillslawyer.com/2017/09/01/scaling-strategic-counsel/", "published_at": "2017-09-01T07:40:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfb0-e808-73c1-b9f6-1a457fb8ac87", "title": "Ask the Users", "url": "https://siliconhillslawyer.com/2017/08/09/ask-the-users/", "published_at": "2017-08-09T13:40:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfb0-e808-73c1-b9f6-1a457fc8d9ec", "title": "Not Building a Unicorn", "url": "https://siliconhillslawyer.com/2017/08/01/not-building-unicorn/", "published_at": "2017-08-01T07:31:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfb0-e808-73c1-b9f6-1a457fe886a2", "title": "Lies About Startup Legal Fees", "url": "https://siliconhillslawyer.com/2017/07/08/lies-startup-legal-fees/", "published_at": "2017-07-08T11:26:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfb0-e808-73c1-b9f6-1a4580983ee3", "title": "Startup Accelerators: Bundled and Unbundled", "url": "https://siliconhillslawyer.com/2017/07/01/startup-accelerators-bundled/", "published_at": "2017-07-01T06:54:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfb1-0d47-714e-8b3d-b77048d2acae", "title": "Do my startup’s lawyers need to be local?", "url": "https://siliconhillslawyer.com/2017/06/14/startups-lawyers-local/", "published_at": "2017-06-14T21:29:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfb1-0d47-714e-8b3d-b7704981e5f8", "title": "Do I need a PPM for my startup’s financing?", "url": "https://siliconhillslawyer.com/2017/06/09/startup-financing-ppm/", "published_at": "2017-06-09T22:39:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfb1-0d47-714e-8b3d-b77049d0822b", "title": "Startups Scale. Solo Lawyers Don’t.", "url": "https://siliconhillslawyer.com/2017/06/01/startups-scale-solo-lawyers-dont/", "published_at": "2017-06-01T07:01:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfb1-0d47-714e-8b3d-b77049efa7fa", "title": "Pre-Series A Startup Boards", "url": "https://siliconhillslawyer.com/2017/05/17/pre-series-startup-boards/", "published_at": "2017-05-17T17:33:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfb1-0d47-714e-8b3d-b7704a881a03", "title": "Electing a Truly Independent Director", "url": "https://siliconhillslawyer.com/2017/04/01/electing-truly-independent-director/", "published_at": "2017-04-01T08:43:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfb1-292b-73fc-a67f-0e8053ccb405", "title": "Why Convertible Notes and SAFEs are Extra Dilutive", "url": "https://siliconhillslawyer.com/2017/03/04/notes-safes-extra-dilutive/", "published_at": "2017-03-05T02:17:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cfb1-292c-735b-af61-1099944ce188", "title": "Luddites v. 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2026

Should VCs Control Your Startup’s Lawyers?original ↗

15 Jan 2026

2025

Startup Founders Using ChatGPT and Gemini for Legal original ↗

22 Oct 2025

Seed-Stage Startups Should Shrink Their Option Pools original ↗

13 May 2025

2024

Legal AI and the Future of Startup Law original ↗

15 Oct 2024

Pre-Seed Funding with Post-Money SAFEs: Revisited in 2024 original ↗

9 Jul 2024

Tech Bros, Pluralism, and the Startup Diversity Inquisition original ↗

29 May 2024

Lessons from Elon Musk (Mistakes) for Startup Governance original ↗

26 Feb 2024

The (Real) Problem with Carta for Startups original ↗

11 Jan 2024

2023

Why BigLaw Over-Automates Startup Law original ↗

1 Sept 2023

The Open Startup Pro-Forma Capitalization Model original ↗

23 May 2023

Legal Tech for Startup Lawyers: Deal Closing Software original ↗

20 May 2023

How Much Seed Rounds Cost – Lowering Fees and Expenses Safely original ↗

17 May 2023

Post-Money Valuation Cap Convertible Note Template original ↗

3 May 2023

Why VCs No Longer Require Warm Intros original ↗

16 Mar 2023

2022

Milestone-Based Valuation Caps for SAFEs and Convertible Notes original ↗

15 Dec 2022

Startup Governance Choke Points: Protective Provisions original ↗

26 Oct 2022

Optimal Counsel original ↗

20 Sept 2022

Alignment in Startup Governance: Conflict, Collusion, Corruption original ↗

16 May 2022

Diversity in Startups: Whining, Warring, Winning original ↗

6 Feb 2022

2021

A Fix for Post-Money SAFEs: The Math and a Redline original ↗

8 Dec 2021

“No Code” v. “Open Source” Approaches to Early-Stage Startup Law original ↗

26 Oct 2021

A Friends & Family (F&F) SAFE Financing Template original ↗

24 Aug 2021

Startups, Politics, and “Cancel Culture”original ↗

25 Jun 2021

Myths and Lies about Seed Equity for Seed Rounds original ↗

15 Jun 2021

Early v. Late-Stage Common Stockholders in Startup Governance original ↗

13 Apr 2021

The Carta SAFE for Seed Rounds original ↗

8 Mar 2021

“Fixing” Convertible Note and SAFE Economics in Seed Rounds original ↗

4 Jan 2021

2020

Moving (Too) Fast and Breaking Startup Cap Tables original ↗

22 Oct 2020

Bundled v. Unbundled Startup Capital original ↗

20 Aug 2020

The Weaponization of Diversity original ↗

3 Jun 2020

The Most Common Option Grant Mistakes original ↗

29 May 2020

Legal Office Hours for Remote and Distributed Startups original ↗

19 May 2020

Independent Counsel in an Economic Downturn original ↗

29 Apr 2020

Startup Legal Fee Cost Containment (Safely)original ↗

27 Mar 2020

Crisis, Relationships, and VCs original ↗

19 Mar 2020

The Race to the Bottom in Startup Law original ↗

4 Jan 2020

2019

Why Startup Accelerators Compete with Smart Money original ↗

8 Nov 2019

A Convertible Note Template for Startup Seed Rounds original ↗

24 Oct 2019

When Startup Law Firms Don’t Sell Legal Services original ↗

11 Oct 2019

Startup Accelerators and Ecosystem Gatekeeping original ↗

24 Sept 2019

Trust, “Friendliness,” and Zero-Sum Startup Games original ↗

30 Aug 2019

How Paralegals and Junior Lawyers Can Hurt Startups original ↗

1 Aug 2019

Negotiation is Relationship Building original ↗

31 May 2019

What Partners in Startup Law Firms Do original ↗

16 May 2019

Why Startups shouldn’t use YC’s Post-Money SAFE original ↗

1 May 2019

How Startup Employees Get Taken Advantage Of original ↗

18 Apr 2019

The Problem with “Standard” Term Sheets (including YC’s)original ↗

3 Mar 2019

Relationships and Power in Startup Ecosystems original ↗

18 Feb 2019

The Problem with Short Startup Term Sheets original ↗

29 Jan 2019

“Top Startups” Lists and Accelerators original ↗

3 Jan 2019

2018

Why our lawyers work fewer hours original ↗

5 Dec 2018

Don’t be an Asshole.original ↗

9 Nov 2018

Startup Employee Offer Letters original ↗

16 Oct 2018

Small Business v. Startup original ↗

27 Sept 2018

Startup Law Pricing: Fixed v. Hourly original ↗

29 Aug 2018

Contracts v. Might Makes Right original ↗

6 Aug 2018

How LLC Startups Raise Money original ↗

1 Aug 2018

How fake “Startup Lawyers” hurt entrepreneurs original ↗

24 Jul 2018

Comparing Startup Accelerators original ↗

6 Jul 2018

Flexibility in Choice of Counsel original ↗

2 Jul 2018

Burnout, Depression, and Suicide original ↗

13 Jun 2018

How Angels & Seed Funds compete with VCs original ↗

7 Jun 2018

Startup Equity Compensation for LLCs original ↗

1 Jun 2018

Optionality: Always have a Plan B original ↗

18 May 2018

Early Startup Employee Compensation original ↗

8 May 2018

Checklist for choosing a Startup Lawyer original ↗

24 Apr 2018

ICOs and Crowdfunding original ↗

13 Apr 2018

Replacing the Founder CEO original ↗

26 Mar 2018

Standardization v. Flexibility in Startup Law original ↗

15 Mar 2018

When a Startup Lawyer can’t scale.original ↗

1 Mar 2018

The Board works for the Common Stock original ↗

7 Feb 2018

Why Startups Need Signals original ↗

8 Jan 2018

2017

Negotiation and Inexperience original ↗

11 Dec 2017

Commercial / Tech Transactions Lawyers original ↗

1 Dec 2017

Founder Burnout and Long-Distance Thinking original ↗

27 Nov 2017

Lawyers and NPS original ↗

16 Nov 2017

More Tech Startups are LLCs original ↗

6 Nov 2017

“Founder Friendly”original ↗

27 Oct 2017

Non-Competes and Startups original ↗

24 Oct 2017

SAFEs v. Convertible Notes, updated.original ↗

18 Oct 2017

Common Stock v. Preferred Stock original ↗

13 Oct 2017

Transparency, Risk, and Failure original ↗

5 Oct 2017

The problem with chasing whales.original ↗

14 Sept 2017

Tiered Valuation Caps original ↗

10 Sept 2017

Vesting Schedules – Beyond the Standard original ↗

6 Sept 2017

Scaling Strategic Counsel original ↗

1 Sept 2017

Ask the Users original ↗

9 Aug 2017

Not Building a Unicorn original ↗

1 Aug 2017

Lies About Startup Legal Fees original ↗

8 Jul 2017

Startup Accelerators: Bundled and Unbundled original ↗

1 Jul 2017

Do my startup’s lawyers need to be local?original ↗

14 Jun 2017

Do I need a PPM for my startup’s financing?original ↗

9 Jun 2017

Startups Scale. Solo Lawyers Don’t.original ↗

1 Jun 2017

Pre-Series A Startup Boards original ↗

17 May 2017

Electing a Truly Independent Director original ↗

1 Apr 2017

Why Convertible Notes and SAFEs are Extra Dilutive original ↗

5 Mar 2017

Luddites v. Tech Utopians: 409A and Legal original ↗

21 Feb 2017

Local v. Out-of-State VCs original ↗

22 Jan 2017

How to Avoid “Captive” Company Counsel original ↗

1 Jan 2017

2016

Protect Your Angel Investors original ↗

6 Dec 2016