What Legal Stuff Do I Really Need to Know When Starting a Company? A Founder's Orientation to Startup Law

"What Legal Stuff Do I Really Need to Know When Starting a Company?"

A Founder's Orientation to Startup Law

Presented by Martin Trust Center program coordinator Sam Breen

Wed 11/12/2014, 12-1pm, E40-160

Should I do an LLC? (Most likely not.) Should I split the equity evenly? (Oof!) And I don’t have to figure out intellectual property ownership now, do I? (Well…)

There are some key legal secrets that can save you headaches down the road. We've heard time and time again from startup teams, "When we started, we did everything wrong, because we didn't know any better."

Martin Trust Center program coordinator Sam Breen, a trained lawyer, will discuss startup formation, founder's agreements, intellectual property, and immigration basics, as well as how to work effectively with lawyers. You will come away with a broad-based introduction to startup law so you get it right the first time.

Non-pizza lunch will be provided.

This event is part of the series "A Founder's Orientation to..."

• Wed 11/5, 12-1pm: How to Get Money for Your Startup: A Founder’s Orientation to Venture Capital
• Wed 11/12, 12-1pm: What Legal Stuff Do I Really Need to Know When Starting a Company? A Founder’s Orientation to Startup Law
• Wed 11/19, 12-1pm: How Do I Find a Co-Founder? A Founder’s Orientation to Building a Team
• Wed 11/19, 6-9pm: How Can MIT Resources Help My Startup Idea? A Founder’s Orientation to the Martin Trust Center (6-7pm), followed by MIT Student Entrepreneurship Meetup & Cornhole Toss (7-9pm) -- RSVP for the whole evening or just the meetup
• Wed 12/3, 12-1pm: I Have My Product Idea. Now Where Do I Get Customers? A Founder’s Orientation to Customer Development

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