How to Legal-Proof Your Startup

"Anyone launching a business should already have their dream team: their attorney, their accountant, their business insurance provider, and their banker."

Sankeetha Selvarajah is the Principal Shareholder and Managing Attorney of Selvarajah Law P.C., a Boston law firm focusing on general business law and mergers & acquisitions. She is also the Founder of Bizto.Co, a business educational platform designed to assist small businesses and startup founders with short and long-term strategic planning through subject-specific seminars, and corporate coaching.

Sankeetha is a favorite friend and mentor of the Boston startup community, and you can find her sharing her brilliance at many of the local startup venues, including the one I co-host every month, Founders Live Boston.

You'll hear Sankeetha share valuable business advice for new business owners to help them create a sustainable, profitable business, along with explanations of typical legal documentation, including:

* Entity decision: DBA/LLC/Sub-Chapter S/Inc.
* Operating Agreements for Co-Founders
* Convertible Debt instruments vs. Equity instruments
* Trademarks and Patents
* Labor Law and HR compliance issues
* Exit strategies from a legal perspective

We also chat about the most common mistakes newbie founders make and our favorite book: Profit First!

To learn more about Selvarajah Law, please visit: http://selvalaw.com/ and to learn more about Bizto.co so you can become a more profitable founder, please visit: https://bizto.co/.

Please follow Sankeetha on:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sselvarajah/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/biztoco/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BiztoCo/

Here's a link to purchase a copy of Mike Michaelowicz' book Profit First: http://amzn.to/1UTgyYz

DISCLAIMER: This recorded conversation is for informational purposes only and is not legal advice. Transmission of the conversation is not intended to create, and viewing and/or listening does not constitute, an attorney-client relationship. Viewers and listeners are advised to seek professional help if they are concerned about a specific legal issue.

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