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1. What do you need to do before you quit your job to form a startup company? 11. How many shares should be authorized in the certificate of incorporation? 16. What trademark and other legal issues are involved in selecting a company name? 1. Should founders pay for their stock in cash or contribute intellectual property? 2. Should founders stock be subject to vesting before a venture financing? 3. What should the vesting terms of founder stock be before a venture financing? 6.  Obama proposes no capital gains tax on qualified small business stock 2. How do you set the exercise price of stock options to avoid Section 409A issues? 5. Should a company allow exercises of stock options with promissory notes? 6. How many shares should be reserved under a stock option plan? 1.  What is important in a confidentiality agreement or non-disclosure agreement (NDA)? 1. Should a startup company raise its seed round using a convertible note or Series A Preferred Stock? 4. What should the conversion discount be for a bridge note into preferred stock? 6. What type of financing forces an automatic conversion of the promissory note into Preferred Stock? 7. What happens to the convertible promissory note if the maturity date is reached and there hasn’t been a financing? 8. What happens if the Company is sold after the convertible bridge note is issued and before the maturity date or the next round of 11. Can you have multiple closings in a convertible note bridge financing? 14. What should the representation and warranties in the note purchase agreement be? 15. Why should a majority of investors be able to amend the convertible notes? 16. Who pays legal fees in a convertible note bridge financing and how much does it cost? 17. What is the economic difference between a conversion discount and warrant coverage for a convertible note? 19. Is convertible debt with a price cap really the best financing structure? 11. What is the difference between non-participating preferred stock and participating preferred stock?