Abdullah Yahya

• What’s the best way to do business in China? – Dan Harris
  • the legal basics
• Manufacturing in China
• How to form a company in China – Dan Harris
• How to start a business in China: WFOE – Dan Harris
  • Minimum Capital requirements for a WFOE
  • WFOE Scope and here
• How to start a business in China: Representative Company – Dan Harris
• How to start a business in China: Distributorship – Dan Harris
• Licensing your product in China
• Memos of Understanding in China – Dan Harris
• Non Disclosure Agreements (NDA) in China – Dan Harris
  • Why China NDA agreements are not enough
  • How to make Chinese NDA agreements enforceable
• Filing Trademarks in China
  • How and Why to trademark in China
  • The changing China trademark laws
• Avoiding Chinese business scams
• China VC Database – Zero2IPO Group
• GreatFirewallofChina – find out whether your site is blocked in China
• Mongol – locate the great firewall routers

China Blogs

• Sinocism – if you read anything about China subscribe to this
• ChinaLaw – great blog about legal issues of doing business in China
• TechInAsia – good China and other Asia coverage
• AllRoadsLeadtoChina – China business analysis
• China Internet Watch – covers China Internet Marketing and statistics
• MinistryOfTofu – China Social Justice
• ChinaFile – Asia Society

• The Funded Standard Advisor Template
• Comp Study – Executive Compensation Website– unbelievably useful
• Expert CEO Compensation page – also incredibly useful
• SaaS Sales Team Compensation – Philippe Botteri, Bessemer Venture Partners
• VentureHacks on Startup Advisory Boards – great basics

• Fred Wilson Advice and spreadsheet
  • Employee Equity
  • Dilution
  • Appreciation
  • Options
  • Option “Strike Price”
  • RSU’s (Restricted Stock Units)
  • Vesting
  • How Much?
• Intro to Stock and Options – David Weekly
• Venture Hacks equity section
• Dilution – Mark Suster
• Joel Spolsky Advice on fairness
• Awesome Valuation/Equity Calculator – OwnYourVenture
• Splitting the Founders Pie – Frank Demmler
• ScottEdWalker – this legal blog is gold for a startup
• TruEquity Mgmt Tool – cap table management, free for founders
• Valuation on Revenue – Bill Gurley Above the Crowd

• Patents – U.S. Patent Office
• Trademarks – U.S. Patent Office
• Intellectual Property in the “Real World”– Antone Johnson
• “Nuts and Bolts” of Intellectual Property – Antone Johnson
• Intellectual Property for Startups – Mashtag

• Orick’s Legal Documents for Startups – priceless
• Scott Walker Advice on Termsheet Provisions
• YCombinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents
• National Venture Capital Association – model legal documents
• Series Seed Documents – Fenwick & West Seed Investment Standard Forms, used by most angels
• TechStars Model Seed Funding Documents – Cooley Godward
• WSGR Term Sheet Generator
• Orrick, Herrington Term Sheet Generator
• Founders Institute Plain Preferred Term Sheet – WSGR
• Docracy -Free Legal Documents
• ScottEdWalker – this legal blog is gold for a startup

• FindtheBest Venture Capital
• Startup Valuation Advice – Mark Suster May 2011
• Fundraising 101 Checklist – Walker
• Pitching a VC – Mark Suster Advice
• How VC’s Evaluate Startups – Thomvest Ventures
• VC Experts
• Seed Stage Valuation Guide – Jordan Cooper
• Alternate Funding Ideas – Business Inside

• List of Startup Incubators
• FindTheBest Incubators
• A Quora list of Incubators
• Jobs in Startups
• Lunch with Entrepreneurs
• Techcofounder – find a technical cofounder
• Founder Dating – find a cofounder

• Kickstarter – crowdfunding
• Indiegogo – crowdfunding
• Rock The Post – crowd funding
• RocketHub – crowd funding, partner with A&E
• Appbackr – crowd funding for mobile apps
• Tindle – crowd funding for makers to sell their hardware
• Quirky – shared social inventor community

 

Crowdfunding Tips / Advice

• Making an iPhone tripod & stand (Glif)
• Publishing a book (Art Space Tokyo)

• Venture Hacks Angel List – raise money with angel investors
• AngelList – connecting startups and angels
• Seed-Db – database of seed accelerators and their companies
• Gust – Platform for Startup Funding
• Guide to Super Angels – Chubby Brain
• Types of Angel Financing
• Angel Financing Tips and here