Office Hours with Vela Wood

By Vela Wood

Office Hours is a podcast hosted by two corporate attorneys at Vela Wood covering general issues related to small businesses and startups.... more

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January 16, 2020 Insider’s Guide to Finance
Kevin was interviewed by The Insider’s Guide to Finance podcast about properly navigating your company through the stages of financing. Check it out!
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46min
April 02, 2018Preparing for Funding Ep7: Seed Round
Office Hours is our podcast covering general issues related to small businesses and startups. Preparing For Funding is a series of Office Hours episodes about getting your company’s legal house in order before taking on funding.
We have recut this series to reflect updates in law and venture trends in the last 5 years. Listen to Ep7 Recut here.
In this episode, we discuss what constitutes a seed round in Dallas and contrast the three potential structures of a seed round – equity, convertible note, and a SAFE.
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Series Seed
Gust
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VDR Ch. 8: Convertible Debt
VDR Ch. 6, Part 1: Other Terms of the Term Sheet (protective provisions)
Don’t Have Enough Authorized Shares? There’s a Fix for That.
VDR Ch. 3: Overview of the Term Sheet
VDR Ch. 4, Part 1: Economic Terms of the Term Sheet (valuations)
How Lifting the Solicitation Ban Benefits Startups
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25min
March 20, 2018 Preparing for Funding Ep6: Accelerators / Incubators
In this episode, we discuss why we're not big fans of accelerators, the types of accelerators we do think provide value and are worth participating in, and the clauses to watch out for in an accelerator's program participation agreement.
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15min
March 15, 2018 Preparing for Funding Ep5: Initial Sophisticated Investors
In this episode, we discuss qualifications for accredited investors, how to find angel investors, how angel syndicates work, which metrics you need to know for a pitch meeting, and how to respond to getting a "no."
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18min
March 08, 2018 Preparing for Funding Ep4: Pitch Decks
In this episode, we discuss what makes a great pitch deck, the best uses of an appendix, how to get warm introductions to investors, and restrictions on general solicitations.
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22min
March 06, 2018 Preparing for Funding Ep3: Friends & Family Funding
In this episode, we discuss how to mitigate the risks of Friends & Family funding, which include disproportionate valuations, violating SEC and state securities laws, and messy cap tables.
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18min
February 26, 2018 Preparing for Funding Ep2: Founders Agreements
In this episode, we discuss the difference between vesting and reverse vesting, confidentiality agreements and assignment of intellectual property, restricted stock and 83(b) elections, ROFR, and Class F founders stock.
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26min
February 19, 2018 Preparing for Funding Ep1: Incorporation
In this episode, we discuss why your company's legal matters, lifestyle businesses v. venture-backed businesses, whether you should form your entity as a corporation or LLC, implications of the new tax code, and the filing requirements for entity formation.
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27min
November 22, 2017 VDR Ch. 16: Legal Things Every Entrepreneur Should Know
In this episode, we discuss wage claims, entity types, accredited v. non-accredited investors, 83(b) elections, and 409A valuations.
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29min
November 10, 2017 VDR Ch. 15: Why Do Term Sheets Even Exist?
In this episode, we discuss what the term sheet negotiation process establishes, as well as transaction costs and reputation constraints.
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18min

FAQs about Office Hours with Vela Wood:

How many episodes does Office Hours with Vela Wood have?

The podcast currently has 65 episodes available.