Startup Legal AMA w/ Venturous Counsel

Hello Carta Community!

We are the partners of Venturous Counsel, a uniquely mission-driven law firm operating as on-demand general counsel for diverse startups, emerging investors and mission-driven, values-aligned companies. We provide them with seasoned, practical, actionable, bottom-line-oriented and mindful advice, all in a more efficient and responsive manner (and at lower billing rates) than BigLaw.

We'll be here to answer your questions next Tuesday, November 12 at 11:30am!  From formation to financing strategy, equity compensation, commercial agreements, employee/service provider matters, IP strategy, all the way to exit--ask us anything!*

More about us below--hope to "see" you there!

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Aravinda Seshadri is the Founding Partner of Venturous Counsel, a uniquely mission-driven firm dedicated to representing underestimated startups, investors and values-aligned companies, with over 17 years of experience advising startups like Uber, Lyft, TaskRabbit and investors like Rakuten, Hustle Fund, Felicis and Floodgate.  Aravinda has been named a Super Lawyers Rising Star for 7 years. She was previously a Partner at Silicon Legal Strategy in San Francisco. Before that, she was a corporate associate in the startup practice of Hogan Lovells in Palo Alto. She started her career in Orrick's Emerging Companies Group in Menlo Park.  Aravinda received her law degree with distinction from Stanford Law School and her undergraduate degree with honors in Language and Mind from New York University.

Michael Young is the Managing Partner at Venturous Counsel.  He specializes in advising emerging companies and their investors at all stages in a company's life cycle-from formation to exit.  Prior to joining Venturous Counsel, Michael represented startups and investors at Silicon Legal Strategy and at Perkins Coie LLP (where he also did a stint as a commercial litigation attorney).  Michael is passionate about empowering clients to realize their vision and navigate the complex startup ecosystem with confidence by offering actionable, bottom-line-oriented advice. 

*please note that answers given are not legal advice, but our opinions based on general knowledge of certain substantive areas of law; if you require legal advice tailored to your particular circumstances, please discuss with legal counsel retained to represent you.

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Michael Young
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