Startups

At some point in most startups’ early life, money moves between the founder and the company without much ceremony. The company is short, so the founder covers payroll from savings. The founder …

When founders learn what voluntary administration actually costs — an external administrator taking the keys, professional fees that routinely run deep into six figures, and a process built for …

You are incorporating your startup this week. Your co-founder is ready to sign the consent to act as director. Here is the question almost nobody asks in time: does your co-founder already have a …

The term sheet says your startup is being acquired for $20 million. Read closer: $12 million at completion, and up to $8 million more if the business hits revenue targets over the next two years. That …

When a startup’s runway hits zero and the bridge round falls over, most founders assume the story ends in liquidation: a liquidator sells what can be sold, the company is deregistered, and …

A Brisbane hardware founder spends eight months pitching a distribution deal to an established manufacturer. Before the first meeting, both sides sign the founder’s NDA — a template downloaded …