Kenneth Obel

Kenneth Obel

Founder & Principal
goodcounsel

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Kenneth commented on Hemant Kashyap's Blog entry Services Checklist For A Startup (at least the ones we use)
“ Tom, a few of us in the community are doing just that. I quote nearly all of my legal services for startups on a fixed-fee basis. Currently in the works: a sub-$2K package of ultra-lean kickoff documents for startups. More here: http://bit.ly/L0Dj5x ”
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Kenneth commented on Hemant Kashyap's Blog entry Services Checklist For A Startup (at least the ones we use)
“ Tom, a few of us in the community are doing just that. I quote nearly all of my legal services for startups on a fixed-fee basis. Currently in the works: a sub-$2K package of ultra-lean kickoff documents for startups. More here: http://bit.ly/L0Dj5x ”
05/26/2012 view reply

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Kenneth Obel
Should co-founders split equity 50-50?
A lot of my founder clients walk in the door having already decided to split equity evenly. It's causing me to think a lot about this issue. I just added a post to my professional blog on the subject. (I have copied it below.) I am very much interested in hearing others' thoughts and,...
03/17/2012
VIEWS: 1,317
Kenneth Obel
Bike-friendly Companies?
I have had bikes on my mind lately (which is not unusual). I recently suggested that if you are an entrepreneur or a small company executive, you should have a lawyer who rides his bike to work.
11/02/2011
VIEWS: 187
Kenneth Obel
Founders - Don't Do This!
From time to time, I come across startup companies that include a section on their About Us or FAQ pages about investment opportunities. As someone who started a company, I completely understand the inclination to do this -- if someone out there loves the company you are building and wants to...
07/05/2011
VIEWS: 201
Kenneth Obel
Lawyers Behaving Badly -- or a good bootstrapping idea?
As principal of GoodCounsel, I have been in conversation with a promising local entrepreneur about providing some basic startup legal services (revising company organizational documents, handling an angel round, etc.). I recently checked in with him, and he told me that he was seriously considering...
06/16/2011
VIEWS: 410
Kenneth Obel
Reducing legal fees with standard documents for seed-stage deals
There seems to be a lot of discussion among VC's and lawyers on the coasts about the proper legal vehicle for seed-stage deals (e.g., here, here and here) and ways to streamline the legal documents (and thereby to minimize the legal fees) .
05/26/2011
VIEWS: 353

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