Awesome Startup Resources

A curated list of useful resources for building a new startup business.

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Contents

• Legal
• Investment
• Bursaries and Loans
• Books
• Blogs
• Community
• Office & Workspace

Legal

• Canadian-ized (Ontario) WordPress.com Terms of Use
• Common Stock Purchase Agreement (with Vesting)
• Confidential Information, Invention Assignment and Non-Solicitation Agreement
• Confidentiality Agreement
• Convertible Note Term Sheet
• Employment Agreement
• Founder/ Advisor Standard Template
• Founder Collaboration Agreement
• Founders' Agreement
• Independent Contractor Agreement
• Memorandum of Terms For Sale of Convertible Promissory Notes
• Mutual Confidentiality Agreement
• Restricted Confidentiality Agreement

Series Seed

a standardized set of legal documents that can be quickly and easily deployed for a seed investment round.

• Certificate of Incorporation
• Stock Investment Agreement
• Term Sheet

Techstars

(Open Sourced) Model Seed Financing Documents

• Equity Financing Structure
  • Board Member Election Consent
  • Bylaws
  • Restated Articles of incorporation
  • Subscription Agreement
• Debt Financing Structure
  • Convertible Promissory Note Purchase Agreement
  • Convertible Promissory Note Term Sheet
  • Convertible Promissory Note

Y-Combinator

• Simple Agreement for Future Equity
  • Safe Primer
  • Safe: Cap, no Discount
  • Safe: Discount, no Cap
  • Safe: Cap and Discount
  • Safe: MFN, no Cap, no Discount
• Sales Agreement
• Series AA Board Consent
• Series AA Investors’ Rights Agreement
• Series AA Restated Certificate of Incorporation
• Series AA Stock Purchase Agreement
• Series AA Stockholder Consent
• Series AA Termsheet

Foundry Group

• Bylaws
• Certificate of Incorporation
• Co-Sale Agreement
• Investor Rights Agreement
• Series A Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement
• Termsheet
• Voting Agreement

Investment

• Awesome Incubators - A curated list of startup incubators around the globe.
• Awesome Accelerators - A curated list of startup accelerators around the globe.
• Seed-DB - A database of seed accelerators and their companies.

Bursaries and Loans

• Canada Business Network: Grants and Financing - Grants, loans, tax refunds, wage subsidies, and more for Canadian businesses and non-profits.
• MaRS: Funding Portal Search Tool - Access funding programs for businesses, non-profits, charities and research institutions.

Books

• Venture Deals - outlines the essential elements of the venture capital term sheet—from terms related to economics to terms related to control.
• Do More Faster - A collection of advice that comes from individuals who have passed through, or are part of TechStars

Blogs

• Ask The VC - All five managing directors of Foundry Group blog about what entrepreneurs want to know about.
  • Convertible Debt Series - Series of articles specifically focused on Convertible Debt.
• Feld Thoughts - Blog by Brad Feld, an early stage investor and entrepreneur since 1987.
  • Term Sheet Series - Blog series on Term Sheet

Office & Workspace

• Awesome Co-Working - A curated list of co-working spaces around the globe.
• Workfrom - Find and share the best coffee shops, cafes, bars, coworking and other work-friendly spaces in cities and towns everywhere.
• ShareDesk - Book from thousands of unique work and meeting spaces.
• Nomad List - Nomad List finds you the best places in the world to live and work remotely

Community

• Tech Masters - online community tying together a diverse and passionate group of technologists, entrepreneurs, and developers from all around the world.

License

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