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    Acceleration: What All Entrepreneurs Must Know About Startup Law
    Acceleration: What All Entrepreneurs Must Know About Startup Law
    Acceleration: What All Entrepreneurs Must Know About Startup Law
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    Acceleration: What All Entrepreneurs Must Know About Startup Law

    By Ryan Roberts

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    When you're launching a startup, one of the most important elements is the legal work involved. Unfortunately, it's easy for many entrepreneurs to ignore startup legal work or make costly mistakes that could derail their business before it gets off the ground.

    But now there's help. In Acceleration, corporate attorney Ryan Roberts guides you through the often confusing early legal decisions critical to getting a startup going. In plain, comprehensible English, he offers expert advice, best practices, strategies, and all the information you need to incorporate, issue and divide equity, decipher seed and venture capital investments, and much more.

    Startup law doesn't have to be a confusing maze. The practical knowledge in this invaluable volume will help you make the smart decisions to protect your company and its future.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateFeb 11, 2019
    ISBN9781544513409
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