closing & legal.
Definitive docs, the cap table on closing day, 83(b), KYC, side letters, and the small mistakes that delay closes by weeks.
- 01from signed term sheet to wired money: the closing process explained11 min
What actually happens between term sheet and bank deposit — the definitive docs, the closing checklist, the paperwork no one warned you about, and how to avoid the small mistakes that delay closes by weeks.
#closing#definitive-documents#legal#paperwork - 02the 83(b) election explained: why you have 30 days to save yourself from a tax disaster8 min
What an 83(b) election is, why every founder with vesting equity needs to file one within 30 days, and what happens when you miss the deadline.
#83b#tax#founder-vesting#us - 03the definitive documents in a priced round: a founder's plain-english walkthrough11 min
What every document in a priced round actually does — Stock Purchase Agreement, IRA, ROFR, Voting Agreement, certificate of incorporation. With a clause-by-clause founder reading guide.
#definitive-documents#spa#ira#voting-agreement - 04side letters explained: what they are and why you should read each one carefully8 min
Side letters grant individual investors special rights outside the main documents. Here's how they work, when to grant them, and the traps that come with stacking them.
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