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What do you mean by "operating"? You could well be right but there is no hackin or anything going on here, its more the founders going round looking for customers and creating rela…

Thanks for this. We're still in early discussions. No it wouldn't be preferred stock, just ordinary. They seem to be proposing that a shareholders agreement will contract for my st…

Thanks, this is useful and gives me a better perspective.

Yeah, I am trying to negotiate a bigger stake but with dilution. None of the founders have been working on this full time over the last 18 months, I would say about 50% of their ti…

If funding comes in, we will all have some salary, albeit well below market rate, which I suppose is fine, its a start-up. Why is 8% high for a late joiner?

I have been asked to join a start-up recently and will be the 5th member. The original founders go back about 18 months and have up to now been the driving force behind the busines…

As a lawyer, I would advise you to consider your options with an accountant or lawyer

Hi - is your business based in the UK or in London?

Crikey what is "boolean"? I thought my law books were complicated!

Thanks for taking tiem to reply. The humour cheered me up!

Thankyou too.

Many thanks, thats helpful

In one of PG's essays on this site he talks about start-up hackers often feeling as though they need a co-founder with "business" knowledge and then says this is not a fundamental …

I am a lawyer in the UK, English qualified, we're not all bad, honest.

Hi,I'm a uk based lawyer (also doing a start-up - looking for a co-founder), in the UK we have a free council run service for small start up businesses called "Business Link", is t…

Hi, I don't think I'm a hacker (unfortunately I'm a lawyer) in Birmingham UK, but may be looking for any interested hackers to collaborate with me in overhauling the provision of l…

Looking at the all the positive responses to the Hacker News post "Are you a UK- based hacker..." posted by "dood", it seems readers of this site might well appreciate a forum area…

I agree with the additional comments below, but whether you incorporate as an LLC or set up as a partnership or carry on by yourself, if you are going to ask someone else to join y…

Hi,I'm a lawyer (in the UK) and you do need a legally binding agreement in place to protect you. I'm sure someone at Y combinator can recommend a decent lawyer over there. You shou…