Getting Started

The Entrepreneur DNA Do you have what it takes?
Crafting your elevator pitch
Idea validation

Startup Incorporation & Legal Resources*

*NOT LEGAL ADVICE

Incorporate your business with Stripe Atlas
Atlas Perks
Legal Templates
Founder Institute’s FAST Advisor Agreement for issuing options to advisory board
Industry standard SAFE agreements by Y Combinator

COMMON GOTCHAS

ATTN: Delaware Startup C-Corps… DO NOT forget to file your 83(b) ELECTION!
ATTN: Delaware Startup C-Corps… DO NOT forget to file your franchise taxes (and also don’t panic – you likely don’t owe tens of thousands of dollars in taxes – yet)

Startup Lawfirms

Nano Law
Perkins Coie
Clerky

Banking

Novo Bank
Novo Perks

Cap Table Management

Carta
Carta Perks

Internal Ops & Wiki

Notion for Startups
e-Sign Documents
Calendar management and scheduling by Calendly

Financial

Financial Modeling Templates from Forecastr
Financial Modeling Templates by Slidebean
Free Accounting & Invoicing

Pitch Deck

Templates by Slidebean
Investor database

Product

Low fidelity wireframing
High fidelity mockups & prototyping
Product roadmapping

Accelerators, Networks & Programs (Early/Idea Stage)

Founder Institute (Idea Stage)
Rocky Ventures Club (Early Stage)
Crowdsolve (Idea Stage)
Creative Destruction Lab

Network Capital

Lunchclub professional networking/matchmaking