Employee 1 and beyond: A setup checklist
A guide from a 5-time founder with best practices for setting up systems to support your first hire and beyond.
Best Practices
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Equity Agreement for Services contract (DRAFT)
From Founders Institute and modeled after the Advisor Equity agreement they maintain - this document allows startups to contract for services with equity payment. As with other legal documents that bind your startup, you should consult an attorney before executing this document with any service provider.
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Kusneski Insurance Group
Comprehensive insurance and HR solutions provider, focusing on startups and small businesses in Western Pennsylvania.
Self-Service Tools
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Startup insurance provider
Insurance as a service - provides general liability, E&O, cyber, and other insurance packages matched to vertical and company stage. Specifically targeted at startups.
Self-Service Tools
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Legal Concepts for Founders
An extremely thorough guide from Clerky covering a number of key concepts related to early stage company incorporation, fundraising, hiring, and other aspects that often involve legal support.
Documents
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Vanta
Outsourced provider of SOC2, ISO27001, and HIPAA compliance auditing.
Self-Service Tools
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Drata
Outsourced provider of SOC2, ISO27001, PCI DSS, and HIPAA compliance auditing.
Self-Service Tools
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Open Source Privacy Notice from Juro
Avodocs legal documents for startups
Self-service legal documents including privacy, ToU, GDPR, NDA, MSA, MoU, SAFE/fundraising, founders agreement, and new hire onboarding. 3 free documents per month with registration
Self-Service Tools
$120.00
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Foundrs Co-founder equity calculator
Clerky
DIY platform for founders to get legal paperwork done - from incorporation to routine filings. Price shown here reflects basic service - more specialized forms and requirements will have additional costs.
Self-Service Tools
$799.00
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Founder Advisor Standard Template (FAST)
Termly Privacy Policy Generator
VC Dictionary
Shopify Privacy Policy Generator
captable.io
Small Business Distaster Recovery / Business Continuity template
From FINRA. Startups will need this in place to get some types of business insurance and typically when selling in to enterprise.
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Stripe Atlas
JustWorks
Carta
Outsourced Cap table management, 409(a) evaluations, and other legal services.
Self-Service Tools
$1,000.00
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PandaDoc
An e-signature tool (similar to DocuSign) for proposals, quotes, and contracts. Generous free-forever tier.
Self-Service Tools
$228.00
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DocuSign
An e-signature and contracts management tool to avoid paper & fax signatures for contracts, proposals, and agreements.
Self-Service Tools
$120.00
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Mutual NDA template
From the Cooley Law Firm, this is a self-service mutual NDA generator. Enter information about both parties and answer some other questions and it will generate a signable mutual NDA.
Self-Service Tools
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Trademark Protection Guide
From the Cooley Law Firm, this document walks through the basics of trademark and IP protection for startups.
Best Practices
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Sample VC Due Diligence Request
This PDF from Cooley Law is an example of a VC diligence request.
Best Practices
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Website Terms of Use Generator
This tool from the Cooley Law Firm runs through a series of questions and generates a Terms of Use for you to use on your site.
Self-Service Tools
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Virtual Post Mail Registered Agent
Corporations and LLCs are required to list a registered agent in the state of incorporation. This service gives you a postal address to use as the registered agent and will scan mail that comes for you. Especially useful for remote-first companies with no physical office space.
Self-Service Tools
$120.00
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California Registered Agent Service
Corporations and LLCs are required to list a registered agent in the state of incorporation. This service gives you a postal address to use as the registered agent and will scan mail that comes for you, although this service only offers California addresses. Especially useful for remote-first companies with no physical office space.
Self-Service Tools
$39.00
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Simple equity, valuation, and dilution calculator
A Google Sheet to help VC-backed companies plan out scenarios around fundraising. You enter the equity allocations for founders, staff, advisors, and amount raised or percentage diluted in up to four fundraising rounds, and the spreadsheet will show you exit outcomes.
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Pulley Cap table and 409(A) management
Manage your startup’s equity and valuation, including cap table, 409(A), fundraise modeling, and sign & send. Free tier allows for up to 25 stakeholder entries.
Self-Service Tools
$1,200.00
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