Anthony Rose is the founder and CEO of SeedLegals, the world’s first platform that lets founders easily create and negotiate legal documents they need for their business. SeedLegals is now the largest closer of fundraising rounds and has worked with over 15,000 companies. Prior to this, Anthony was 'the man behind the BBC iPlayer' having lead the BBC's online proposition and has also co-founded four other businesses.
In this episode, we dive into the detail with Anthony on:
The legal documents and contracts you should have in place when incorporating your business
Intellectual property rights and how to protect yourself
Simple rules when issuing equity in your business
Share options, the best way to issue them and their tax implications
Fundraising term sheets and company governance
The low cost approach to raising capital
Index:
- Intro
- 1.25 - Where to start when incorporating your business
- 3.50 - Founder agreements
- 5.25 - Intellutual Property rights
- 9.40 - Employee agreements
- 11.20 - How to issue equity in your business
- 12.54 - Considerations around share options
- 14.05 - EMI option schemes
- 14.40 - 3 things to do when giving equity to your team
- 17.35 - Tax implications (SEIS, EIS & EMI)
- 21.20 - Company governance structure
- 23.30 - Term sheets & governance
- 27.15 - Low cost approach to raising pre/seed capital
- 28.55 - Where to get legal advice
- 29.45 - Common founder mistakes when creating funding agreements
- 30.45 - Wrap-up