by John Wires | Jun 17, 2013 | Incorporating, Share Capital, Shareholder Agreements
Why Have Different Share Classes? Not all shares are created equal. Start-ups can issue different types (or classes) of shares with different rights attached to them. Having different classes of shares can be used for a number of different reasons but more often that...
by John Wires | Jun 17, 2013 | Shareholder Agreements
Lawyers hear the same horror stories all the time. A client starts a company 50/50 with a good friend or business associate and one of two things inevitably happens. The new venture is either successful or within the first few years it struggles to generate revenue...
by John Wires | May 15, 2013 | Website Terms & Conditions
Why have website Terms and Conditions? The key functions of your website terms and conditions is to try to reduce your exposure to a lawsuit, attempt to limit your liability in the event of a lawsuit and set the ground rules for how disputes with users will be...
by John Wires | Apr 24, 2013 | Privacy Policies
Why Have a Privacy Policy? Learning how to create a privacy policy, and properly implementing it, will reduce the risk of a lawsuit or government sanctions in Canada. Privacy policies are required by law for companies collecting user data in the course of business. If...
by John Wires | Mar 12, 2013 | Incorporating
Company By-laws in Ontario What Are They? The by-laws of a corporation are rules which establish how the business and affairs of a corporation are conducted. Common by-laws address things like: how documents will be signed (and contracts entered) on behalf of the...
by John Wires | Mar 5, 2013 | Crowdfunding, Venture Capital
York University professor Douglas Cumming recently contributed to a paper entitled, “Signaling in Equity Crowdfunding“. He and three other scholars wanted to get to the heart of what factors contributed to a successful crowdfunding campaign to raise equity financing....