WilmerHale Event: Legal Issues for Startups—What Every Entrepreneur Should Know

• 4.29.2010 | 2:00 PM - 7:00 PM
• MIT Stratton Student Center
  Building W20
  84 Massachusetts Avenue
  3rd Floor, Mezzanine Lounge and Twenty Chimneys
  Cambridge, MA

Mick Bain , Kimberly Wethly , Barry Hurewitz , Jeff Johnson , Laura Schneider

Presented by WilmerHale attorneys and Jeffrey P. McCarthy, General Partner of North Bridge Venture Partners, this event will provide attendees with an afternoon of brief, practical, business-focused presentations on the most relevant legal issues facing entrepreneurs and early-stage companies. Topics to be discussed include: Company formation and seed financings; how early-stage companies should protect their intellectual property (know-how, patents, trademarks and copyrights); a venture capitalist's perspective on investing in a difficult and changing economy; how to access federal government funding; early-stage employment matters, including hiring, firing and vesting; the dos and don'ts of licensing technology; tax and accounting considerations with options and restricted stock; and planning for an IPO or M&A exit.