Don't miss the best half day program you'll ever attend focused on everything startup founders need to know to build on a solid foundation, raise funds successfully and legally, and avoid common startup-derailing missteps.

"Startup Law and Fundraising" has been a hit in Seattle, Boulder, Washington DC, Salt Lake City, Portland, Providence, Boise and Spokane. Next stop, San Francisco.

Entrepreneurs, learn the key things you need to know to build, grow and finance your company successfully and avoid the most common mistakes that derail promising startups.

Business attorneys, accounting and finance professionals, angel investors and VCs, pick up new insights for advising startups and other small businesses. The course has been approved for 4 CPE professional credits in 46 states. An application requesting MCLE credit for this activity is pending for approval by the State Bar of California.

Reviews and Testimonials

Whether you're a founder, attorney, CPA or investor, you'll love this program.

• "This was 100% worth my time and $." -Joan, D.C.
• "As a founder, I found the seminar to be extremely valuable. It was great that there were both lawyers and entrepreneurs together in the room." -John, Boulder, CO
• "The program is outstanding, as is Paul's delivery and engagement." Sarah, Providence
• "In my career I've attended well over 300 hours of CLE courses. Paul's truly ranks at the top with his targeted, timely, and relevant content and enjoyable presentation!" -David, Provo, UT
• "As a CPA and Business Advisor, I found Paul's seminar to be especially beneficial to my own practice. With his exceptional knowledge and experience, his presentation was lively and informative." -Alan, Seattle, WA
• "I want to thank you for such a great presentation. I was exposed to more valuable information in those 4 hours than in my entire law school career thus far." -Andrew, Spokane
  
• "Very informational. Great insight and background brought into a nicely structured event. Highly recommended." -Christopher, Salt Lake City, UT
• "Excellent, fast paced seminar designed to solve and prevent the legal problems startups often encounter." - Michael, Seattle, WA

Promotion Codes

• Use promo code "BYFC" to get two tickets for $175 - bring your favorite client or colleague.

The Course Materials include a 73 page booklet and a pre-seminar email with more than 150 links to 3rd party articles and other materials.

Learn how to:

• Determine the best entity structure for your business based on financing plans, ownership and control expectations and tax objectives

• Choose between forming in Delaware or your home state

• Raise money properly from friends and family, angel investors, VCs or through crowdfunding

• Avoid common mistakes when issuing stock, options or other interests, or borrowing under convertible notes or other debt instruments

• Protect your cap table from early fundraising and equity distribution mistakes

• Prevent and/or mitigate potential friction between co-founders

• Structure and manage relationships with investors, employees and others for maximum value

• Identify and protect critical intellectual property

• Organize a virtual data room for potential investors or acquirers

• Avoid other legal and regulatory mistakes that often harm startups, their founders and their investors

NETWORKING AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Entrepreneurs, accounting and finance professionals, investors and other attendees – share your views and insights, interact and network.

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION CREDITS

Attorneys, an application requesting MCLE credit for this activity is pending for approval by the State Bar of California.

CFOs, controllers, auditors and others with CPA licenses: This course qualifies for up to 4 hours of continuing professional education (CPE) credits in all states except NY, NJ, TX and IL. CPAs: upon registering, please send an email to businesslawseminargroup@gmail.com to request that a certificate of attendance be prepared.

PROGRAM PRESENTERS

Andrew Harper is in the Corporate group at Fenwick & West and focuses his practice on counseling technology and life sciences companies in all aspects of general corporate and corporate securities law. His practice includes startup counseling, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, public and private debt and equity offerings, SEC compliance and corporate governance. Prior to joining Fenwick & West, Andrew served as the General Counsel of a venture-backed technology startup based in the Bay Area and was an associate with Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP in New York.

Paul Swegle serves as general counsel to six Seattle startups. He created "Startup Law and Fundraising" after seeing numerous promising startups fail because of easily preventable mistakes. Paul has presented this seminar 25 times across the country and is currently writing his second book, Startup Law and Fundraising. Paul's book, Contract Drafting and Negotiation for Entrepreneurs and Business Professionals is available on Amazon and is consistently a best seller in the contract law category.

• General Counsel to Observa, Breathometer, Newyu, SHOP and XeePay

• Former General Counsel to ShareBuilder (sold to Capital One), Numera (sold to Nortek), ZenBanx (sold to SoFi), Venue Labs (sold to Groupon), Payment Gear and cloudRIA

• Financings and M&A transactions totaling $11+ billion

• Past Chair, Corporate Counsel Section of the Washington State Bar Association

• Innovation and Technology Law Advisory Board, Seattle University School of Law

• WSBA Securities Law Committee

• Author, "Contract Drafting and Negotiation for Entrepreneurs and Business Professionals"

• Former SEC Division of Enforcement and Division of Corporation Finance

• Former Special Assistant United States Attorney

• Board of Governors, Washington State Bar Association

AGENDA

7:30 a.m. Check-in & Registration

7:55 a.m. Welcome and Introduction
8:00 a.m. Entity/Domicile Selection, Formation, Licensing, Registration and Tax
8:30 a.m. Structuring and Managing Key Relationships
9:00 a.m. Identifying and Protecting Intellectual Property
9:30 a.m. Break
9:40 a.m. Cap Table Planning and Management
10:00 a.m. Understanding Preferred Stock
10:15 a.m. Fundraising – Legally and Successfully
11:00 a.m. Break
11:10 p.m. Fundraising – Legally and Successfully - Continued
12:00 p.m. Common mistakes in drafting and negotiating contracts, meeting tax and regulatory obligations, and preventing and managing disputes.
12:30 p.m. Reviews and dismissal

FAQs:

How can I contact the organizer with any questions?

Email us at businesslawseminargroup@gmail.com.

What's the refund policy?

Full refund for cancellation requests emailed to businesslawseminargroup@gmail.com within 48 hours of the event start time and 50% refund for cancellation requests emailed to businesslawseminargroup@gmail.com within 24 hours of the event start time.

Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event?

No.

Is my registration fee or ticket transferrable?

Yes, substitutions are fine!

Is it ok if the name on my ticket or registration doesn't match the person who attends?

No problem, substitutions are fine, but note that supplemental materials are emailed to participants before the program, so please send an email to businesslawseminargroup@gmail.com with the correct name and email address for the actual attendee.