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Protect Your Business

Protect your BIZ with appropriate tools, like NDAs, Intellectual Property protection, strategic contracts and agreements. These tools allow you to identify sensitive business areas needing protection without breaking the bank.

Legal | The Basics

Articles of Association

Legal Formation

Have you established the internal functioning, rights, responsibilities, and obligations for your BIZ?

Website Terms & Conditions 

Including IP Protection

Is your BIZ protected by terms, guidelines and conditions for users to understand before using your website?

Customer Terms & Conditions 

Subscription Model

Are you letting customers know terms, rules and guidelines for purchasing your goods or services?

Service Agreement

Customer Agreement

Are your customers clear on the terms of engagement, scope of work, payment terms and responsibilities? 

Advisor Agreement_Voluntary

Advisory Mechanism

Have you considered retaining a professional on a voluntary, basis to provide your BIZ key guidance?  

Freelance Agreement

Terms and Conditions 

Are you binding key terms and conditions of freelance (promises, deliverables, incentive scheme etc.)?

More Legal & Risk

Dual Company Structure

Risk Structuring

Have you assessed the optimum structure to "park" your risks vis a vis your asset base?

Memorandum of Understanding

Intent Formulation

Do you have a legal document to outline and govern an agreement or understanding with a third party?

Seed Investment Term Sheet

Including IP Rights

Do you understand the main terms and conditions of the proposed early stage investment to agree on?

Advisor Agreement

Advisory Mechanism

Have you considered retaining a professional to provide your BIZ key direction & advisory services?  

Risk Appetite

Risk Return Equation

Have you defined  the level of risk your BIZ is willing and able to take in pursuit of its strategic objectives?

Risk Framework

Forward Looking Pain Points

Do you understand and evaluate the current versus expected threats to your BIZ?

Governance to get Started

Board Role & Composition

Efficient Use of Board

How do you ensure your Board possesses the skills and knowledge required for the specificities of your BIZ?

Governance Framework

Checks & Balances

Is your BIZ decision making governed by clear set of terms and guidelines, starting with the Board?

Board Pack_Short Form

Corporate Governance

Use Free Board Pack Template to know how and what to include in your Board Pack. 

Code of Conduct

Business Conduct & Ethics

Did you set guidance, terms and rules in which employees, users are required to conduct business?

Conflict of Interest 

Company Values

Have you clearly set out the expected behaviour in relation to actual and potential conflict?

Board Minutes

Declaration & Approval Process

Are you documenting and recording proceedings and decisions taken during Board meetings?

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Stay on track—with AI tools and final investor-readiness checklist!

Your Investor Readiness 

What you need to become investor-ready depends on several things: nature and stage of your business, amount and type of equity investment you're seeking and more. Have an initial 1-on-1 chat with your CEO mentor about valuations, cap tables, risk appetite, funding and everything in between.

 

We help you with how to nail your legal structure, understand valuation and how to decide how much equity to give away, the power of assumptions and more. Don't walk alone! 

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