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Christopher Poe

Christopher Poe

Bio

Christopher serves as a strategic legal advisor to growing businesses.  He assists emerging companies throughout their life cycle, from entity formation and early seed funding through late-stage financings, acquisitions and public offerings, and often serves as outside general counsel. He counsels them on their legal needs and on the business issues faced by growing companies. Christopher’s goal is to simplify the complex legal issues companies face to help founders and business teams make sound decisions and achieve their goals.

Christopher also works with clients in all aspects of the entertainment industry, including film, television and multi-media projects.

Christopher received his B.A. from the University of Georgia and his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law.

Christopher's Posts

Anatomy of a Venture Financing

Whether you’re a first-time founder or a serial entrepreneur, the process of obtaining venture funding can be complicated and confusing. Let’s look at the process…

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What is a Management Rights Letter?

Here’s a situation we see often when a company is negotiating a Series A financing. They’ve gotten through diligence, completed the lengthy and difficult process…

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Founders, Finders and Financings: Beware the Unregistered Broker-Dealer

Raising money is hard. Many founders think that it’ll be easy, and that a dozen investors will be lining up outside the room after their…

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Know Your Worth: Startup Valuations (Part 1)

The most basic question any founder[1] must answer when raising money is: how much is my company worth? Here we are only looking at…

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What is A Dual-Class Stock Structure and Do I Want It?

What is a Dual-Class Stock Structure? A dual-class stock structure basically means that a company has given disproportionate voting rights to one group of shareholders,…

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Delaware Franchise Tax: Don’t Panic!

What is Franchise Tax? A franchise tax is a government tax charged by states to businesses organized in that state. A state charges companies for…

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Two Discussions All Startup Founders Should Have

When co-founders ask me to form their startup, I tell the founders they need to have two discussions with each other. These two very necessary…

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What is a SAFE Financing?

SAFE financings (it’s an acronym for “Simple Agreement for Future Equity”) were pioneered by the startup accelerator Y Combinator as a replacement for …

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Build a Better Board Meeting

Startups are required to have Board meetings, but they don’t have to have boring and bad.[1] Let’s talk about the legal requirements for a startup’s…

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What is a Convertible Note?

Convertible notes are often the best way for early-stage startups to raise money. They’re usually easier and cheaper to sell than stock, which makes them…

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