Formation and Incorporation

How To Decide How Many Shares To Give Your Co-Founder

When founding your start-up, you need to consider whether or not there will be co-founders. If so, how many shares will be given to each...

Cofounders Vesting Schedule – How It Works

Leesah, Brenda, and Dahlia are founders of LBD Inc. They agreed to split their equity into 25, 25, and 50 percent of 2000 shares. Consequently,...

Why Co-Founders Should Have an IP Transfer Agreement 

Intellectual property (IP) rights confer the exclusive right of use to the originator of the intellectual property and prevent unauthorized use by third parties. And...

Employee Stock Option Pool: What It Is And How It Works.

Introduction  Merely establishing a company with excellent ideas and execution mode is insufficient to run a company. An essential factor in running a successful startup...

How To Draft Employment Contract for Founder

Every start-up founder desires their company to expand and make more returns on its investment. Thus, the company would require more employees to ensure the...

Relationship between Co-founders (setting KPIs for Co-founders) –

Undoubtedly, establishing a startup is quite challenging and demanding. Not only does it require capital, but it is also clouded by the uncertainty of the...

How to Pick a Suitable Entity for Your Start-up

Introduction Irrespective of the entity desired to carry on business activities, the purpose of every business organization is primarily to make returns on investment, i.e.,...

Registering a Company in Nigeria

Introduction Company registration is the first indicator of setting up a business in Nigeria. It encompasses the procedures one must take to ensure that companies...

Registering a company in the US

Introduction A company is any business organization, whether incorporated or not, that manufactures goods or renders services as an economic venture.  The initial and most...

Top 5 Challenges Faced By Startup Founders And How To Overcome them

Starting a new business can be scary because there are so many unknowns and you are responsible for its success. To run a business well,...

Navigating Regulatory Requirements for Industry-Specific Startups

Starting a new company can be a daunting task. It’s even harder when the business is in an industry with its own rules and regulations,...