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gilbug
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About gilbug
Lawyer, founder, engineer, etc. Founder at Forge Global, was also there near the start of Craigslist, LinkedIn, OpenTable, On24, and a bunch of others. See gilsilberman.com
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Comment #34680737
(raises hand) When I was at Forge we developed a stock transfer agreement that worked with most any company's setup. I was hoping to post it online and promote it as a universal st…
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Comment #12167199
As the company's in-house lawyer, I see that people who have a lot of stock have generally hired a wealth manager, financial advisor, or personal lawyer who advises them on transac…
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Comment #12166928
Hi, company lawyer here. Sorry if that sounded dismissive. You're completely right that there's a right of first refusal built somewhere into most stock issuances to team members. …
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Comment #12164199
CLO-dude here. Hmm. We are still fine-tuning the option plan so for now as a technical matter, no. When we do flip that switch, I expect that we will offer our optionees, like othe…