How to Raise Pre-Seed and Seed Startup Funds

San Francisco CA

15 March, 2022

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For more info and to RSVP, visit: www.idea-to-ipo.com What do you need to know about the law to start a company? Roger Royse will discuss his new book 10,000 Startups: Legal Strategies for Startup Success and describe the legal strategies that help companies succeed. The author will go through the basic legal issues that every startup entrepreneur needs to consider, including: How to form and capitalize your company, How to classify, compensate and reward service providers, How to protect your intellectual property including your name, inventions and trade secrets, How to raise money, deal with investors and VCs, How to plan for a successful exit, And more! Join us for a discussion of legal strategies for success. About the Speaker Roger Royse is a partner in the Palo Alto office of Haynes and Boone, LLP and practices in the areas of corporate and securities law, domestic and international tax, mergers and acquisitions, and fund formation. He works with companies ranging from newly formed tech startups to publicly traded multinationals in a variety of industries. Roger has been an instructor or professor of legal, tax and business topics for the Center for International Studies (Salzburg, Austria), Golden Gate University School of Law and Stanford Continuing Studies and is a frequent speaker, writer, radio guest, blogger and panelist for bar associations, CPA organizations, and business groups. Roger is a Northern California Super Lawyer, is AV Peer-Rated by Martindale Hubbell, and has a “Superb” rating from Avvo.. Roger is the author of Dead on Arrival: How to Avoid the Legal Mistakes That Could Kill Your Startup and has been interviewed and quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Fox Business, Chicago Tribune, Associated Press, Tax Notes, Inc. Magazine, Nikkei Asian Review, China Daily, San Francisco Chronicle, Reuters, The Recorder, 7X7, Business Insurance and Fast Company.