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Invitation to the 3rd Play in the Sandbox

February 1, 2018
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Attend the 3rd Play in the Sandbox event on Feb 1, 2018 from 4-6 PM, at Startup Sandbox. Meet and greet, get a Sandbox overview and update from Dr. Mohamed Abousalem of UCSC’s Industry Alliances & Technology Commercialization (IATC) Office.

This month’s theme is “Startup Law 101 — Corporate.”  Corporate attorney David Makarechian will talk about the key things that entrepreneurs need to know to start their company, including financing trends, choice of entity, founders’ stock and equity for early employees.

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Agenda
4 – 4:30         Meet and greet    
4:30 – 4:40   Sandbox Overview   
4:40 – 4:50   UCSC IATC Overview, Dr. Mohamed Abousalem   
4:50 – 5:20   Startup Law 101 — Corporate, David Makarechian
5:20 ­– 5:30   Question and Answer
5:30 – 6:00   Closing remarks      

Topics include:
Choice of entity
Founders’ stock
83(b) elections
Vesting/Acceleration
Equity for early employees
Convertible notes/Safes/Seed Preferred
Current Financing Trends