When a founder lends money to the company
How to record the money a founder puts into the company, so that repayment, a new investor or a founder's departure does not turn it into a dispute.
How to record the money a founder puts into the company, so that repayment, a new investor or a founder's departure does not turn it into a dispute.
How to close a Nigerian startup properly, from working out what it owes to the winding-up route, staff, investors and the final filings.
What to check in cloud and payment provider terms before your customers start relying on your product.
How founders should respond when due diligence turns up a problem, and how to agree fixes before and after the money arrives.
How to prepare a data room that lets an investor follow your company's history quickly while protecting sensitive material.
The term sheet provisions founders should read beyond the valuation, including liquidation preferences and investor consents.
How the SAFE form decides who is diluted when a company raises several SAFEs before its priced round, shown with simple numbers.
How a SAFE valuation cap turns into a share price, and why its real cost depends on how much you raise and the terms around it.
How SAFEs and convertible notes compare for Nigerian startups, and why the difference matters most when the next round is late.
How to give advisers equity that matches the work they actually do and is clear about what happens when the relationship ends.
How to size an option pool from a real hiring plan, and how the financing terms decide who pays for a pool increase.
What an employee option really gives you, and what happens to it when you leave or the company is sold.
How dilution works in a funding round, worked through with simple numbers, and why your percentage alone does not show what you will receive.
How to build a cap table investors can trust, starting from the share records behind it.
How to build a filing calendar that keeps your company in good standing with CAC and the tax authorities in 2026.
How to manage contracts after signing, from keeping the full terms together to changes, renewals, breaches and exits.
How a growing startup should control who approves and who signs contracts, and which signing method each document needs.
What a founder is really agreeing to with a personal guarantee, and what to check on the limit and the release.
How to write customer terms that match how your product is actually sold and delivered, and that respect Nigerian consumer law.
How a Nigerian startup should map its personal data and meet its duties under the NDPA and the GAID 2025 from its first launch.
How to tell when a contractor has become an employee in law, and how to correct the arrangement before it turns into a dispute.
The legal questions AI coding tools raise for startups, about what goes into the prompt and what rights you have in the code that comes out.
How to structure a custom development contract so the customer gets what it paid for and the startup keeps its platform.
When an NDA actually protects a startup, what to look for in the other side's draft, and how to share information sensibly.
How a software startup can show where its code came from and prove it has the right to use and sell it.
How to settle a founder's exit properly, covering the leaver terms, the share price, the board seat, loans, guarantees and the handover.
How founder vesting schedules work, what happens when a founder leaves, and how a Nigerian company can lawfully take back unvested shares.
What a cofounder agreement should cover, including the ownership deal, pay, decision-making and what happens when someone leaves.
How to move the work and promises made before incorporation into the company, so they do not stay with the founders personally.
When a Delaware or UK holding company makes sense for a Nigerian startup, and what it costs in tax and filings.
Why CAC approval of a company name is only the start, and what trademark and domain work the brand needs before launch.
How the legal forms open to Nigerian founders compare, and why the choice affects fundraising and personal risk long after registration.