TL;DR: A convertible note is a short-term loan that converts into equity when your next round triggers it. Convertible note agreement drafting decides the principal, the interest, the maturity date, the valuation cap, the discount, and the conversion triggers. These clauses control your dilution and your risk. Quick overview: This guide walks through what a […]
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TL;DR: A SAFE note review is a lawyer or advisor checking your Simple Agreement for Future Equity before you sign it. The terms that matter most are the valuation cap, the discount, whether it is pre-money or post-money, the MFN clause, and the conversion triggers. These quietly decide how much of your company you give […]
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When a contract dispute lands on your desk, the first instinct is usually to ask who is right. The more useful question, at least to begin with, is how you are going to resolve it. Because the route you take, mediation, arbitration, or litigation, will shape the cost, the timeline, the privacy, and often the […]
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A force majeure clause is the part of a contract that excuses one or both parties from performing their obligations when something genuinely outside their control makes performance impossible, illegal, or impractical. The phrase is French for “superior force.” In plain terms, it is the clause that answers the question: what happens if neither of […]
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Building a SaaS company in the United States involves a long list of priorities. Product, pricing, customer acquisition, infrastructure, hiring. Legal documents usually sit somewhere near the bottom of that list, treated as something to deal with later, once there is revenue, once there are real customers, once there is funding. The problem is that […]
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Here is a situation that plays out in startup due diligence rooms more often than anyone in the industry likes to admit. A founder has spent two years building a product. They raised a pre-seed round, grew to fifteen thousand users, got introduced to a Series A investor who liked what they saw, and spent […]
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Most founders are good at many things. Building product, selling to customers, recruiting a team, managing cash. Contract negotiation is usually not on that list, and for a very understandable reason: you learn it by doing it badly first. The problem is that the cost of learning contract negotiation through bad deals is not a […]
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You did the work. You delivered everything you promised. You sent the invoice. And now the client has gone quiet, or worse, they have come back with a reason why they are not going to pay. This situation happens to freelancers, consultants, agencies, contractors, and small businesses every single day. It is one of the […]
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If you opened this page because you run a gym, a boutique fitness studio, a recovery lounge, a med spa, or any kind of wellness business in the United States, you already know that the legal side of this industry has gotten significantly more complicated in the last few years. Membership contracts, injury liability, health […]
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There is a moment most startup founders recognise. A contract arrives from a customer, an investor, or a supplier. It is forty pages long. You are busy. The other side wants it signed this week. You scan the commercial terms, see that the price and the deliverables look right, and decide that the rest is […]