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19 Jun

A question we get often: at what point does a startup need real corporate legal infrastructure, and what should be in place?

The honest answer is that there's a stack — six things, in roughly this order — that most well-run Canadian startups have in place by month six:

A clean

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2 Jun

Three things that should be in writing before a startup hires its first employee:

One. Who owns the IP the founders have already created.

Two. What happens to a founder's shares if they leave in month seven.

Three. Who decides — and how — when the founders disagree.

None of

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18 May

Founder equity is often misunderstood because the cap table shows what was issued, not always what has been earned.

Vesting, restricted shares, repurchase rights, and acceleration terms can materially change ownership outcomes.

Fauri Law's principal lawyer breaks it down here.

Khaled El Fauri @FauriKhaled

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