Cooley Protect – Patent Resource Center

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Cooley Protect is a free resource designed by Cooley’s patent counseling & prosecution team.

Introducing Cooley GO in Asia

Cooley GO in Asia offers the same free founder-focused legal resources and document generators that the US and UK ecosystems have come to trust.

Too Small, Too Big, Just Right: The Goldilocks Size for a Nonprofit Board

This article provides reader with tips and factors to consider when deciding on the size of board members for a Nonprofit Organization.

Indemnification in Venture Capital Deals in Southeast Asia and India

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In Southeast Asia and India deals, it’s not uncommon for the company to indemnify the investors against breaches of the representations, warranties and covenants contained in the investment documents.

Q2 2017 Quarterly VC Update: Hans Tung on the State of Venture Capital Investing

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In conjunction with our Q2 Venture Financing Report, I sat down with Hans Tung managing partner at GGV Capital, to get his take on the current state of venture capital investing.

Good Reason

Glossary Term

Often defined in a double trigger vesting provision that accelerates an employee’s vesting if the company is acquired and the acquiring company does something that gives the employee “good reason” to receive the accelerated vesting of unvested shares.

Pulling the Trigger(s): What are Single-Trigger and Double-Trigger Acceleration and How Do They Work?

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Double-trigger acceleration refers to the partial or full acceleration of vesting of someone’s options or stock based on the occurrence of two distinct events. Each event is a “trigger” and if both events occur, that is a “double trigger.”

Should You Join a Startup Accelerator?

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The $20k to $50k funding offer by most accelerators is not enough to be a good reason to join. The reason to join an accelerator is the love – love from the network of mentors, love from the sponsors, and the “tough” love from a good program manager that pushes you to “accelerate” forward.

Should You Join a
Startup Accelerator?

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The $20k to $50k funding offer by most accelerators is not enough to be a good reason to join. The reason to join an accelerator is the love – love from the network of mentors, love from the sponsors, and the “tough” love from a good program manager that pushes you to “accelerate” forward.

Frequently Asked Questions: Provisional Patent Applications

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A provisional patent application is a document that is filed at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to establish an invention’s “priority date”.

Founder Basics:Founder’s Stock, Vesting and Founder Departures

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Learn what you need to know about stock grants to founders, including vesting, "cliffs", transfers, and what happens on the sale of the company or a founder departure.

Founder Basics:
Founder’s Stock, Vesting and Founder Departures

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Learn what you need to know about stock grants to founders, including vesting, "cliffs", transfers, and what happens on the sale of the company or a founder departure.