Did you know that 65% of businesses fail because of a conflict between founders/business owners?

Imagine that, it's not because the company has a bad product or service, not because there's no market for the product, not because pricing is off. Simple human dynamics. 

Mital Makadia and David Siegel are partners at Grellas Shah LLP based here in Silicon Valley who are both intimately familiar with the common and unusual founder disputes that happen. They're also know how founders can avoid these mistakes.

We talk about how to avoid the mistakes founders make from splitting equity, to company formation documents and extremely important tax documents that have to be filed to avoid incurring large tax bills if your business is successful. One of these forms needs to be filed within thirty days of issuing stock.

We cover these legal and tax business issues and more in our conversation today.

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Show Notes

We talk about how to avoid the mistakes founders make from splitting equity, to company formation documents and extremely important tax documents that have to be filed to avoid incurring large tax bills if your business is successful. One of these forms needs to be filed within thirty days of issuing stock.

Mital and David are partners at Grellas Shah LLP based in Silicon Valley. They are both intimately familiar with the common and unusual founder disputes that happen. They're also know how founders can avoid these mistakes. 

Listen to this episode to find out how to avoid these mistakes for you and your company.

About Mital Makadia and David Siegel, Partners at Grellas Shah LLP

About Mital Makadia
Mital's practice is focused on representing technology startups and startup founders . She provides counsel on a variety of corporate and transactional matters and negotiates and structures equity financings, M&A transactions, and commercial and intellectual property transactions for her clients.

About David Siegel
David is an unusual startup lawyer in having done sophisticated legal work in both transactional and litigation matters: he is an accomplished startup lawyer and litigator who has extensive experience with our firm in handling a broad range of corporate, transactional, and intellectual property matters, including work on multi-million dollar financings and acquisitions, all in addition to having a deep expertise in handling complex intellectual property, corporate, and commercial litigation matters.
 

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