Start Your New Venture Correctly: An Intro to Entity Formation for Venture-Backed Companies
EEE SCV Startup Sig invites you to a presentation by Jason Gordon: Start Your New Venture Correctly: An Intro to Entity Formation for Venture-Backed Companies
Date: Tuesday, Nov 17
Time: 12PM – 1:30PM
Format: Online via Zoom. Zoom info will be send out prior to event
Agenda:
12:00PM: IEEE Startup SIG Intro
12:10PM: Presentation & Q&A
1:30PM: Adjourn
Selecting and forming the correct legal structure are the core of building a successful venture-backed business. Although there are many potential pitfalls, most of them are avoidable once you are aware of issues and what to do about them. San Francisco-based startup and venture capital attorney Jason Putnam Gordon of Polsinelli LLP discusses how to properly form a venture-backed company. The program will cover the following areas:
• An overview of a venture-backed company’s typical lifecycle. Entity choice.
• The entity formation process.
• Initial equity distribution considerations.
• How to secure initial intellectual property.
• How dilution works.
• Common pitfalls and startup-killing mistakes.
• And much, much more.
About the speaker
Jason Putnam Gordon is a results-oriented corporate attorney practicing in the Venture Capital and Emerging Growth Companies group in Polsinelli’s San Francisco office. Jason has a passion for working with experienced entrepreneurs and executives to make their vision a reality.
In his practice, he regularly represents companies throughout their lifecycle in matters related to venture capital financing, strategic corporate relationships, corporate formation, complex mergers and acquisitions, sales, and divestitures. With industry focuses on consumer goods and technology, because of his broad skill set and deep network, Jason regularly works in wide array of verticals including artificial intelligence, virtual reality, augmented reality, video games, software, hardware, life sciences, the internet of things and agricultural technology.
Jason works with companies based locally, elsewhere in the U.S. and internationally. Jason brings a unique skill set to the negotiating table and to litigation-minimization strategies in the board room. He started his career as a federal law clerk in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and then continued as a litigator handling corporate, securities, intellectual property, and commercial litigation before establishing a transactional practice. Outside of the office, Jason is dedicated to his family and has a passion for skydiving and indoor body flight.
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- Date: 17 Nov 2020
- Time: 12:00 PM to 01:30 PM
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Jason Gordon of Polsinelli
Start Your New Venture Correctly: An Intro to Entity Formation for Venture-Backed Companies
Biography:
Jason Putnam Gordon is a results-oriented corporate attorney practicing in the Venture Capital and Emerging Growth Companies group in Polsinelli’s San Francisco office. Jason has a passion for working with experienced entrepreneurs and executives to make their vision a reality.
In his practice, he regularly represents companies throughout their lifecycle in matters related to venture capital financing, strategic corporate relationships, corporate formation, complex mergers and acquisitions, sales, and divestitures. With industry focuses on consumer goods and technology, because of his broad skill set and deep network, Jason regularly works in wide array of verticals including artificial intelligence, virtual reality, augmented reality, video games, software, hardware, life sciences, the internet of things and agricultural technology.
Jason works with companies based locally, elsewhere in the U.S. and internationally. Jason brings a unique skill set to the negotiating table and to litigation-minimization strategies in the board room. He started his career as a federal law clerk in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and then continued as a litigator handling corporate, securities, intellectual property, and commercial litigation before establishing a transactional practice. Outside of the office, Jason is dedicated to his family and has a passion for skydiving and indoor body flight.
Agenda
12:00 - 12:10PM: IEEE Startup SIG Intro
12:10 - 1:30PM: Presentation & Q&A
1:30PM: Adjourn