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Update- I'm registering the company myself via Clerky. YC docs are there. I would still love a lawyer recommendation to finish sale of assets from one company to the new one. Any r…

For my last company, I used Orrick. Starting a new company now and I see no need to pay 15K for incorporation - even if it's deferred. I may never raise money and even if I did, I …

I have 2 tickets to this event: 10th annual summer party at august capital on 7/31/15 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/10th-annual-summer-party-at-august-capital-tickets-17311933459 My…

Ok, I'll explore this. Hopefully you are right.

Thanks. I agree. This is where I'm having troubles. Everyone I'm finding doesn't isn't inspiring confidence in their ability to handle startup taxes well.

I'll talk to an accountant about w-8 ben but my current understanding it that it's not feasible in our case. Perhaps because there's no immediate payment being made out. Also, in o…

In your case, it was possible because of the two conditions given below. Thats not true in our case. -- At one point, anyone on visas other than business/visitor could file for SSN…

Yes, I meant 83b :-). > 83b elections only become a problem for people where you grant them actual shares which they vest in over time which is only common for founders. All equity…

Thanks. This could be a direction we can explore. Although, in our case, the receivers of the equity are individual salaried employees of our company, not sole proprietors. However…

Sorry I mixed up 409a with 83b. I meant 83b. At one point, anyone on visas other than business/visitor could file for SSN or a Tax ID. That's no longer possible unless: 1) You are …

5 out 7 team members in our company are abroad. We'd like to issue them equity but they can't file 409a election as they don't have a US SSN or Tax ID. We are registered in Delawar…

We are looking for a good accountant/Tax Advisor for early pre-revenue startup (we can't afford someone expensive). Any ballpark estimate on how much should annual taxes cost would…

Have the rest been notified? I did submit on time but haven't heard so far.

I recently re-read this post (http://ycombinator.com/ideas.html) by PG from 2008, listing ideas YC would like to fund back then. I thought it’ll be interesting to revisit and discu…

Another way to look at it is if Apple ever moved away from its core, that is, making products that are a perfect blend of form + function combined with their awesome customer suppo…