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swampthing

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About swampthing

Name: Darby Wong

I'm a co-founder of Clerky. We help startups get their paperwork done right and fast - check us out at https://www.clerky.com.

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    To save everyone some trouble, "some Delaware elections" refers to elections in a town that amended its charter to explicitly allow legal entities to vote.

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    Hi there, I'm the CEO of Clerky! I think our support team has already replied to your email about this, but please feel free to let them know if you need anything else :)

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    Comment #43501609

    By "dismiss the religion factors", do you mean that the author attributed the religious taboos to non-religious origins?

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    Comment #43457585

    I don't think that's accurate — the article doesn't dismiss religions at all, it examines theories for why religions have the taboo in the first place.

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    Comment #43454259

    That's not at all the conclusion of the article you linked to. In fact, that theory is discounted by it. > Price points out, however, that none of these theories fully accounts for…

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    Comment #41589213

    Uh, go back and read your post. You certainly made the first one :)

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    Comment #41522199

    I think there’s a pretty big gap between “salary is the most effective way to attract and retain people” and “the only possible reason you’re not getting as many quality applicants…

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    Comment #41514448

    I'm not talking about you, I'm talking about people in general.

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    Comment #41513259

    You're assuming that the only reason to pay for Pave is to get a negotiation advantage. My point is that there are other reasons, for example, to make sure that you're not below ma…

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    Comment #41513238

    I guess my point is that without some sort of sense of the market, whether through Pave or something else, the motivation to pay as little as possible may lead some employers to ha…

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    Comment #41513158

    Because information has to be used for good or bad and never both?

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    Comment #41513118

    I have to disagree. If you're not getting quality applicants, how do you know if that's because of your salary range, the default applicant pool, or something idiosyncratic to your…

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    I have to say I am pretty surprised to see the negative sentiments toward Pave and salary benchmarking data in general here. Why is the assumption that salaries would always be low…

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    Comment #40217754

    Hey, I’m one of the founders of Clerky :) The most common approach is to put the state where you’re located. That said, the more certain you are that you’ll be moving, and the soon…

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    Comment #39860061

    Does the LLC own any of the IP? If it was set up correctly, it would, and you'd need to work with an attorney to convert the LLC to a C corporation. There's no online service I'm a…

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    Comment #39108232

    Clerky CEO here :) I just wanted to pop in to let you know that we touched on this topic a bit in our handbook on startup incorporation: https://handbooks.clerky.com/startup-incorp…

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    Comment #39023811

    Stock purchase agreement :)

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    Comment #39016954

    Thanks for the mention! OP — for startups (as opposed to a regular new small business) in the US, what would be in a "founders agreement" is typically handled across stock purchase…

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    Comment #38972485

    It's important to also get the certified mail receipt physically postmarked by the USPS (it is possible to send certified mail without that). Also, it's a common best practice to i…

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    Comment #38972192

    Correct! We've always included spousal signatures on 83(b) elections. I would say the vast majority (if not all) forms I've seen from good law firms have explicit places for the sp…

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    Clerky | Senior Software Engineer | REMOTE | Full Time | Ruby on Rails Clerky is the most popular way for high-growth technology startups to form, and we're also used by tons of to…

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    Congratulations on the launch Umur! Looks really great :)