Lifecycle of a Technology Company: Startup Phase

by Edwin L. Miller, Jeffrey P. Steele

At every stage of a technology company's growth cycle it faces different challenges, opportunities and legal issues. The Lifecycle of a Technology Company series addresses such issues in separate, distinct volumes to give readers critical information tools, specific to their particular needs. These books discuss the principle business, legal and tax issues at each phase of growth, offering bottom-line affecting, growth-driving and objective-specific tactics and other critical insights. Written and arranged by business lawyers with many years of experience in this legal discipline, each volume contains a general discussion of the issues representative of each growth phase, as well as in-depth articles and sample legal forms on selected topics. Different volumes for different stages with different sets of objectives - must-read books for anyone building, funding or exiting a technology company. The Lifecycle of a Technology The Startup Phase pulls readers through the nascent stages of a technology company, from an overview of the business and legal aspects of founders' agreements to the nitty-gritty details involved in incorporating, covering how to organize, devise stock option plans and equity compensation agreements and even draft employee contracts - what a company needs to know when getting off the ground.

188 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2004