Clerky Handbook
Learning and science
legal reference handbook
SHOW HN2016
309points
50comments
#58of 2,264 in 2016
Top 3%of 2016 by points
How HN took it
LovedMost comments that take a side are positive
8 positive, 13 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 22 comments about the project. Thread score +0.30.
Docs: 2 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
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What people liked
Useful, well-organized legal reference for founders
From 4 comments
A few thoughts on the Handbook: 1. Law can be a morass and who then can you rely on when trying to understand it via online resources? Well, for startup legal issues, the answer…
grellas on HNThis is great--I like the style and the level of detail. My inner pedant also appreciates "Sometimes mistakenly referred to as a CIIAA Agreement." One minor suggestion: you have…
matthewmcg on HNHopefully you'll keep developing this (add more articles & whatnot), because the usefulness is definitely 10 out of 10.
omarish on HNLove this. As a founder with an engineering background I often struggled with all sorts of legal terms and concepts. And it always seemed that people made me feel dumb every time…
okocha on HN
Trust in Clerky's vetted content and team
From 3 comments
A few thoughts on the Handbook: 1. Law can be a morass and who then can you rely on when trying to understand it via online resources? Well, for startup legal issues, the answer…
grellas on HNI'm a huge fan of Clerky and have been ever since one of the Founders spent an incredibly long time answering questions from aspiring founders on Reddit. I learned an immense…
hluska on HNAs others have mentioned, Clerky is great. We incorporated our company via Clerky and did our bit of angle investment stuff through them, as well as some of our other contractors…
salimmadjd on HN
Objections
Coverage is limited to startups and U.S. law
From 3 comments
Hi everyone! I'm one of the cofounders of Clerky :) We've gotten a ton of questions from founders over the years - this handbook is what we always wished existed, so that we…
swampthing on HNWe'd love to, but are pretty focused on the US at the moment. Maybe one day :)
swampthing on HNSuggest 'US only' in title.
contingencies on HN
Missing table of contents and PDF or one-page export
From 2 comments
A few Suggestions/Questions: * A Table of Contents would be extremely useful. * Which states require the existence of typical officer positions? Perhaps list out what California,…
uiri on HNThis is really great. One feature request: it'd be great to be able to view the whole handbook as a one page document (e.g. I want to save it to Instapaper to read later) or as a…
sinak on HN
Requests
Add a PDF or single-page version
From 1 comment
This is really great. One feature request: it'd be great to be able to view the whole handbook as a one page document (e.g. I want to save it to Instapaper to read later) or as a…
sinak on HN
Add more articles such as foreign qualification and business licensing
From 2 comments
This is great--I like the style and the level of detail. My inner pedant also appreciates "Sometimes mistakenly referred to as a CIIAA Agreement." One minor suggestion: you have…
matthewmcg on HNHopefully you'll keep developing this (add more articles & whatnot), because the usefulness is definitely 10 out of 10.
omarish on HN
Add a Canadian version
From 1 comment
Are you going to do a Canadian version? (please do)
lebek on HN
Questions
When and how should founders add super-voting shares
From 2 comments
Amazing. Thank you for doing this. I hope comprehensive useful content as marketing continues to become more popular. Question: When is the earliest a founder can think about…
arikr on HNGreat question - there's nothing stopping you from doing it at incorporation. But it's pretty rare. Very few companies will have enough negotiating leverage to keep it when they…
swampthing on HN
How to add a co-founder or swap stock plans after formation
From 2 comments
1. How do you handle assets (in particular IP) transferred into the corporation at formation time - if, for example, the founders have been working on it as a project beforehand?…
nostrademons on HN1. That's routinely transferred over in the restricted stock purchase agreement, or else in a separate technology assignment agreement. Just depends on the preference of the…
swampthing on HN
Alternatives named
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From 2 comments
This is awesome. For anyone who's starting a company, Clerky is by far the best way to do all the legal legwork. I've used a number of companies to try to save time (including…
mrkurt on HNWell, they screwed up filing docs for a friend of mine, we haven't gotten an EIN after a month, and the bank account with SVB is really limited (SVB won't do a credit card for…
mrkurt on HN