Knowledge
Writing is the principal way this practice makes itself useful in public. Five shelves, each with its own purpose - short articles, recent developments, long reads, the Did You Know? series, and a repository of working material.
Article series
Personal liability, asset risk and fiduciary blindspots · Collective governance, regulatory warfare and exit readiness · Immediate actions in high-stress scenarios.
Short, topical reads - five to six hundred words on a single question.
Case law, regulator decisions, policies and circulars - noted as they happen.
Research and in-depth analysis that takes a subject apart properly.
Single points of law, explained once and explained plainly.
Heat maps, checklists, playbooks and reports across the company lifecycle.
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You have seen your first term sheet. You know valuation exists. You have heard words like 'Series A', 'convertibles' and 'venture debt'. But beyond the headlines, how does funding actually work across rounds and what…
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A term sheet arrives and it feels like the moment you have been working toward. It is tempting to sign quickly, before the investor changes their mind. That instinct is exactly what experienced investors are counting on…
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Incorporation feels like the finish line. The certificate of incorporation is in their hand, the company exists, surely the hard part is done.
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Your first few hires usually join on a one-page offer letter and a handshake. It feels right for the stage - informal, fast-moving, high-trust. It is also exactly how startups end up with no legal claim to code an early…
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Somewhere in the incorporation paperwork is a form called a "consent to act as director." Founders sign it without a second thought. It feels like a formality, one more box in the SPICe+ filing.
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Most founder disputes do not happen because two people disagreed. They happen because two people never actually agreed in the first place - they each walked away from a conversation with a different understanding of…
