Corporate Structures, Common Problems

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StartPad has just moved into our new space on First Avenue. We now have 20 people working out of our new offices. So, it's time to get back to the speaker series we started last November.

We're calling our lecture series StartPad Countdown. We're going to be offering a mix of both business and technical topics for the Seattle startup and software development communities.

The Startpad Countdown series is sponsored by:

This month, it's a business related talk by Craig Sherman of Wilson Sonsini. His talk will answer some common questions:

• What sort of company structure do I need (sole proprietorship, LLC, partnership, S-corp, C-corp, ...)?
• Many companies get into trouble having the wrong structure, or not keeping good records - this can bite you later and be VERY EXPENSIVE to fix. Craig will tell you know what you need to be doing and when.
• How expensive is it to do this? Do I need to be a corporation? Do I WANT to be a corporation?
• Some attorneys will help startups out by charging lower fees when companies are younger and have little (or no) cash. How does that work? What can I expect?

What: StartPad Countdown 9 -- Corporate Structures, Common Problems
Who: Craig Sherman, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
When: 6:00 pm, Tueday April 29th, 2008
Where: StartPad offices -- 811 First Avenue, Suite 480, Seattle, WA 98104
Cost: Free!

Food and drink to be provided.

About the presenter: Craig Sherman is a partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he focuses on corporate and securities laws, representing companies, venture capital firms, and investments banks in private placements and public offerings. Craig also has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, technology licensing, and domestic and international joint ventures.

If you have any questions, you can contact Craig Sherman at csherman@wsgr.com

There are only 30 seats available for this free event! To sign up:

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Attendees:

1. Zachary Zelinski, StartPad
2. Mike Koss, StartPad
3. Benjamin Krueger, KaizenCraft
4. Scott Blanksteen, Qpass
5. Akhlaq Khatri
6. Evan Jacobs
7. Eric Veal, Letter A
8. Buzz Bruggeman ActiveWords
9. Brad Zeitner
10. Jim Roberts
11. Andrew Feldman
12. Frank Paterra
13. Aaron Mohrman
14. Ali Daniali
15. Carolynn Duncan, FundingUniverse.com
16. Don Okonny, Sagamy
17. John Walling
18. Theodore Nordsieck
19. Francis Du
20. Edmond Yu
21. Sean Quinlan
22. Michael T. Halligan
23. Shalen C.
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25. Jordan Schwartz
26. Mohit Srivastava
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