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Ugly Talk: Startup Lawyer Ask Me Anything
About Event
Founders run into legal questions long before they feel ready to hire full-time counsel. From setup and contracts to fundraising, compliance, equity, and everyday founder decisions, the legal side can feel confusing, expensive, and easy to put off.
This session gives founders a practical place to ask general legal questions, hear what other founders are thinking about, and get direction from experienced.
Why you should be in this room.
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Get founder-friendly clarity on common startup legal questions.
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Understand what to think through before small legal issues become bigger problems.
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Ask questions directly in a low-pressure Q&A format.
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Learn from the questions other startup founders are asking.
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Get practical guidance without sitting through a formal lecture.
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Use the session as a resource if you are building, fundraising, hiring, signing agreements, or trying to understand what legal support you may need next.
What's on the table.
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General legal questions founders are dealing with right now
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Common startup legal mistakes and what to watch for early
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What founders should understand before signing agreements
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Questions around company setup, contracts, equity, fundraising, hiring, or operations
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How to think about when legal support is needed
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Practical founder concerns raised live by attendees
Featured speakers.
Yvonne Elosiebo-Oguntola is a venture capital attorney who has considerable experience advising emerging companies, venture capital funds, and angel investors on company formation, financings, M&A, corporate governance, commercial contracts, and intellectual property matters. Clients include early-stage companies in the tech and biopharma sectors, with Yvonne counseling them on complex transactions from ideation to exit. Yvonne also founded and leads Diversiply, an online wholesale marketplace that builds relationships between retailers and suppliers from diverse backgrounds, increasing revenue generation opportunities for POC-owned businesses via wholesale placement.
Who's getting in.
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Startup founders with general legal questions.
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Early-stage founders who are setting up, building, hiring, fundraising, or working with customers.
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Operators who want to understand the legal basics behind running a company.
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Founders who want to learn what legal questions they should be asking next.
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Anyone in the startup community who wants to join and learn from the live Q&A.
Questions? Talk@UglyTalk.com