Assemble Supporting Venture and Personal Inputs
Gather all preliminary documentation, cap table proposals, personal background disclosures, and historical IP contribution logs. The founder audits existing commitments, pre-incorporation expenditure, and informal agreements made to date.
Gathering comprehensive inputs ensures that all agreement terms are grounded in factual evidence rather than unverified assumptions. It minimises the risk of unrecorded liabilities or unassigned rights halting future investment rounds.
A centralised input dossier containing cap table models, logs of IP created to date, expense reimbursement schedules, and formal declarations of personal commitments. Every figure and claim must be verifiable against concrete documentation.
Five questions an expert would ask when reviewing your output
Use these to challenge assumptions, pressure-test your logic, and check the quality of this action's output in the context of the parent task and wider venture development.
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What evidence confirms that all pre-incorporation expenses and founder loans have been accurately catalogued and agreed?
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How have you verified that code, designs, or domain names created by third parties or freelancers have clear IP assignment chains?
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Why did you assume that informal verbal promises made to early advisors or helpers will not turn into equity claims later?
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What process did you use to audit personal obligations or restrictive covenants from current or former employers of each founder?
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How does the historical record of founder contributions directly translate into the starting cap table configuration?