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Educate yourself about startup legal matters
Ryan Roberts
Acceleration — Startup law book for entrepreneurs
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Acceleration is a startup law book for entrepreneurs.
This approachable book highlights the legal issues of launching a startup, including incorporation, cofounders, equity, hires, advisors, accelerators, and seed & venture capital financings.
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Chad Keck
Founder and long-time client here. Ryan (@startuplawyer) has been instrumental to the success of our startup and I can wholeheartedly recommend his advice and book!
Casey Armstrong
I have worked with Ryan for years and he’s the first person I go to for startup or acquisition advice.
Vikrant Ramteke
Any plans for the audible version?
Ryan Roberts
@vickyteke Hi Vikrant. Yes I should know more by end of week.
Bradley Joyce

MUST READ!

Pros:

Everything you need to know as a first-time founder when it comes to startup legal issues PLUS tons of knowledge for the seasoned vet.

Cons:

Not enough rap lyrics.

Bradley Joyce
I'm about a few chapters in and there is so much good stuff packed into this book! Definitely a must-read for any founder.
Patrick Vlaskovits

Ryan has his startup legal practice into into book form. Grab the book, it's a teeny-tiny investment into your company. If you like what you read, get in touch with Ryan.

Pros:

Practical, straight-forward and to the point.

Cons:

No cons, scams or ruses. :P

Yana Tornoe
Very useful read for getting started entrepreneurs
Ray Hernandez
Audio book coming for the a.d.d.-ers soon?
Ryan Roberts
@raydawg88 Hi Ray! Yes I'm working on the logistics for the audio book version and should know more by end of week. FWIW, I did my best to break up the chapters in to separate shortened sections, but totally get the appeal of audiobooks. Even if just for 'time savings/productivity' they are great.
Ryan Roberts
Hello Product Hunt! I wrote Acceleration with the vision of giving first-time and second-time entrepreneurs a true ‘heads up’ of the legal issues they will encounter when launching a startup. Entrepreneurs should not have to learn these lessons the hard way. Acceleration is compilation of the most common questions I have received from clients, anecdotes, strategies, and pattern-recognition insights from the past 13+ years being a venture lawyer. Thus, there is content in the book for veteran entrepreneurs as well. The full table of contents is in the gallery. ***For the rest of this week, the ebook version will be $0.99! Happy to answer any questions you may have!
Mohamed Saleh
@startuplawyer Hi Ryan, Congrats on the launch, Where I can find the ebook version as I have headed to Amazon, but it only display the option of hardcover
Ryan Roberts
@engmsaleh hmmm, sorry about that. This should be a direct link to the ebook version: "https://www.amazon.com/Accelerat..." Thanks! Let me know if that doesn't work.
Mohamed Saleh
@startuplawyer Do you have any restrictions based on country?
Ryan Roberts
@engmsaleh None that I know of...let me check with the publisher and I'll get back to you. Thanks!
John S. Boyd

This book is a guide to all the major legal issues that face a startup founder. Helps both investors and startup founders figure out what is important to them and how to get it.

Pros:

This is the essential field manual to legal issues facing startup founders

Cons:

Ryan needs to write a book with case studies with real life examples and names disguised. Maybe book 2?

Rylan Barnes
I started reading it. So far it's really good!
Juan C. Acosta
Love it, bought it on amazon. Will recommend it to all the founders we train. It'd be awesome for you to come to speak to our batch of really early stage companies. Happy to promote the book to all of my batches (juan at draperuniversity dot com) @startuplawyer
Ilya Gindin
Thanks Ryan!
Aidas Bendoraitis
Is this book only covering the laws of USA, or would it also be helpful for entrepreneurs in EU?
Danie Lynch
great!
Duy Tran
It's nice!!
Katherine Smith
It's very good. Thank you ryan !!
psnr
Bought!
Caroline Fabacher

Bonus points for using inclusive language!

Pros:

This book is now my go-to recommendation for entrepreneurs. Can't imagine a more helpful read regardless of experience or industry focus.

Cons:

None.

Sand Moshi
Are you able to list the hard-cover version on Amazon.ca? I would like a hard-cover copy but re-sellers are price gouging.