WEBINAR: Legal Needs of Early-Stage Academic Startups

When founding your first startup, you know you will need help from attorneys, but what are the most critical early legal needs for your fledgling startup? This webinar will review four of those main areas and how to work efficiently and effectively with counsel on each.

Incorporation - working with an attorney on

• Entity choice
• Jurisdiction
• Founding equity
• Hiring employees - offers, agreements
• Stock options

Intellectual Property (IP) - finding the right attorney partner to work with you on

• What kind of IP should you pursue (if any)?
• Timing of when to file patent applications
• Understanding the patent process and patent costs
• Obligations to the university and filing IP for your startup

License Agreements

• Overview of the tech transfer process
• Working with attorneys on your license agreement
• Understanding university licenses
• Practical tips for a smooth licensing process

Fundraising

• Overview of what is in a pitch deck and why to include those items
• Why an early-stage startup should seek out legal advisors at this stage

If you have any questions for our panelists, please submit them when you register.

Register here.