Niki, that's awesome news!!! I wasn't aware of this and I'm really glad you recognised the need.
Is there any way we as the startup community can help out in the process? When do you expect to have the first batch of docs ready? Cheers, Marko On Oct 29, 7:46 am, Niki Scevak <niki.sce...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey Marko, we're planning on doing this very thing via Startmate. > > DLA Phillips Fox are putting together the suite of documents as we > speak and as well as using them for the initial investment in > Startmate companies, we'll also be open-sourcing them to all who are > interested in the Australian startup community. I really like what > SeriesSeed (www.seriesseed.com) have done and we'll be taking that > lead and adapting it for the Australian market. > > Richard Horton, who is a partner at DLA in the Valley, and I are also > putting together an event where people can come along (in Sydney) and > ask their questions for free in early December (will announce the > event to the group and StartupDigest once we have details). > > p.s. For those interested in Startmate, applications close on November > 30!http://www.startmate.com.au/application-process > > On Oct 28, 9:50 am, Marko <marma...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello everyone, > > > this idea started from my personal need to get together a legal doc > > kit for our startup, but I think that there is a larger problem that > > needs to be solved. > > > We need to put together an early stage startup and seed funding > > document kit that is relevant to Australian startups. This doesn't > > mean you won't need a lawyer, but it does mean that it will lower the > > fees you need to pay and give you an idea of what you need to focus on > > (in legal terms). I reached out to a few usual suspects from this list > > and obtained some of the basic documents like consulting and > > employment agreements, IP assignment deed, mutual NDA, etc. There are > > still a bunch of different documents that are missing and I need some > > guidance around what a useful kit needs to contain. > > > I'm by no means a legal expert and I'm learning as I go, so all kinds > > of help would be appreciated. If you guys are interested in helping > > out with putting this together and making it freely available to the > > Australian startup community, please let me know. > > > Thanks, > > Marko > > > P.S. I know that there were a few discussions of this kind on this > > list previously, but none of them really produced any results. I hope > > that the startup community has grown and matured enough to tackle this > > issue. If you share (or not) my belief, please jump into the > > discussion. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Guidelines on discussion: http://tr.im/ujKF No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself: http://tr.im/ujMm To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en
