Insights
Practical perspectives on startup law, venture financing, and building companies that scale.
Should Your Startup Use AI to Review Contracts?
Yes, run every contract through an AI tool first. Then know what it cannot see: your leverage, the market for a company your size, how clauses interact, and who is accountable when it is wrong. What a startup lawyer is for now, and a simple rule for which contracts the tool handles alone and which go to counsel.
Read more →
What Should My Startup Ask Its AI Vendor About Training Data and Indemnities?
Every major AI model provider now offers an IP indemnity, so the promise itself tells you almost nothing. The questions that matter: does it cover training data or only output, what must be configured and documented to keep it, and does it apply to the plan and models actually in use.
Read more →
Do I Own My AI Product?
The intellectual property representation in a priced round covers four separate things for an AI company: the people who built the product, the material its own tools generated, the model underneath it, and the data it calls a moat. Where each one breaks, and the four fixes a founder can start this week.
Read more →
How Do I Find a Good Startup Lawyer in Philadelphia?
Where Philadelphia founders actually find startup lawyers, six questions for the first call, what good rates look like and the one paragraph to send every lawyer you are comparing, what a lawyer can and cannot do for your raise, the three firm models, and what travels when your lawyer is in another city.
Read more →
What Should Your Terms of Service Say About AI Agents?
Most terms of service assume a human is on the other end. AI agents are already logging in as your customers. Five decisions belong in your agreement, and they take an afternoon, not a rewrite.
Read more →
The Startup Legal Brief: Issue #1
A record half-year that most seed-stage founders did not feel: $412.7 billion raised, 87.5% of it in rounds over $100 million, and seed dollars down 27%. Plus the AI exclusions arriving in your insurance at renewal.
Read more →
Do I Need a Lawyer for a SAFE?
When the standard YC SAFE is enough, and the five situations where it is not: edited forms, side letters, stacked SAFEs, and conversion math.
Read more →
Delaware C-Corp or LLC for My Startup?
Raising from investors means a Delaware C-corp, formed early. Building on your own profits means an LLC. The decision rule, what Delaware actually costs, and the tax clock that rewards deciding now.
Read more →
How Much Does a Startup Lawyer Cost in 2026?
A practical breakdown of startup legal costs, from formation through funding rounds, and how to pay less without getting burned.
Read more →
Five Legal Mistakes Seed-Stage Startups Make
The five most common legal mistakes seed-stage startups make and how to fix them before they cost you a deal.
Read more →
Three Documents That Make or Break Your Seed Round
The boring administrative work that closes deals (or kills them). Three essential documents every startup needs before raising.
Read more →
What Your Investor's Lawyer Is Actually Looking For
The diligence process, ranked by what actually causes problems. A guide to the six key areas investor counsel focuses on during due diligence.
Read more →
The Timeline That Gets Ignored
What actually happens between "yes" and money in the bank. A detailed breakdown of the 5-8 week seed round process from term sheet through closing.
Read more →
Decoding the Series A Term Sheet
A comprehensive guide to understanding the key terms, preferences, and protections in a Series A term sheet. Learn what matters, what you can negotiate, and how to spot red flags.
Read more →
Building a Data Room That Wins Investor Confidence
How to organize your documents and data to accelerate the fundraising process and signal operational maturity to investors.
Read more →
Cap Table Mastery: What Founders Get Wrong About SAFEs, Notes, and Dilution
Most founders understand their cap table at a surface level. But when SAFEs stack or a Series A term sheet hits, the real complexity shows up. Learn the critical differences between post-money and pre-money SAFEs, conversion math, and dilution dynamics.
Read more →
What I Am Hearing From Investors Right Now
Ten themes from recent conversations with VCs, angels, and founders raising capital in 2026. Insights on AI, capital concentration, unit economics, and the evolving fundraising landscape.
Read more →