The Law Blog

Where a company wants to issue stock options to a large number of its employees, it will want to do so through an Employee Stock Option Plan. The Plan document will set out the general terms of the Plan, while the actual allotment of options to employees would be accomplished through individual Stock Option Agreements issued under the Plan

There’s an interesting Public Forum on Economic Inequality and Business scheduled for the Asper School at the University of Manitoba next week. It’s called “What Does “Occupy” Mean to Business and How Should Businesses Respond?”

What are the key legal documents you will require to start and grow your business?

Entrepreneurs considering offering equity to employees, raising equity capital or trying to sell their start-up will be faced with having to determine the value of their business. If you are faced with the tricky prospect of valuing a pre-money company, you will want to seek advice from someone with experience. That could be another entrepreneur who has been through the process.

Entrepreneurs often struggle with the question of when to protect their intellectual property and how much doing so is going to cost them. It is important not to blow your IP budget too early.