Startup University: Getting Started Legally

Procopio is proud to host Getting Started Legally in partnership with the San Diego Software Industry Council. Procopio attorney Paul Johnson will provide an interactive workshop targeted to those who have recently started or are considering starting a new enterprise.

Participants will learn why this is a great time to form a company! The required resources have never been less expensive, from talent to hard assets. If you've thought about branching out on your own, come and learn or reinforce the basics of how to prepare your startup success.

This workshop will include the following areas for discussion:

• Begin with the End in Mind (Identify your goals)
• Choice of Business Entity (C corp, S corp, LLC)
• Where to Form?
• Next Phase: Planning to have Required Capital
• Sources of Outside Funding
• Setting Up your Ownership Structure for Success
• Issues Among Founders
• More about Equity Incentive (aka "options")
• Financing Rules of Thumb
• Other Formation Questions
• Getting the Term Sheet
• What the Term Sheet Means
• Takeaways
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Workshop Details

Time: 5:30 - 6:00 pm - Networking and Registration
6:00 - 7:30 pm - Presentation

Fee: Member, register-prepay: $25 Pre-register only
Non-member, register-prepay: $45 Pre-register only

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