Startup Toolkits

Startup toolkits are designed to give early stage companies a solid legal foundation at a reasonable and predictable cost. They also provide a menu of services so each client can pick and choose the services it needs.

Startup tool kits are not for every startup, but may be appropriate for your startup if the provisions you want included fall into one of a handful of options that we frequently see. They are not for startups requiring a significant amount of customized drafting, such as preferred or non-pro-rata distributions in a limited liability company agreement, or those requiring contracts with significant negotiation. If you’d like to learn more about startup tool kits please review the rest of this page and give us a call.

We currently have startup tool kits for the following:

Limited Liability Companies

  • Articles of Organization (TN or DE)
  • Organizational Resolutions
  • Operating Agreement (Member Managed, Manager Managed or Board Managed)
  • Form Written Consent of Members, Managers and/or Directors
  • Procurement of taxpayer identification number

Three hours of attorney time (two hours for single member LLCs) for consultation and communications (in person, email and/or phone calls). Pricing is $750 for single member LLCs and $1,500 for multimember LLCs (excluding filing fees paid to Secretary of State and Register of Deeds).

Corporations

  • Charter (TN) or Certificate of Formation (DE)
  • Bylaws
  • Organizational Resolutions
  • Shareholders’ Agreement
  • Subscription Agreements
  • Stock Certificates
  • Form Written Consent of Stockholders and Directors
  • Procurement of a taxpayer identification number
  • Filing an “S corporation” election if applicable

Three hours of attorney time (two hours for single shareholder corporations) for consultation and communications (in person, email and/or phone calls). Pricing is $750 for single shareholders and $1,500 for two or more shareholders (excluding filing fees paid to Secretary of State and Register of Deeds).

Additional Documents and Services

Each agreement or document includes one hour of attorney consultation time:

  • Confidentiality Agreement: $500
  • Employment Agreement: $750
  • Independent Contractor Agreement: $750
  • Proprietary Information and Inventions Assignment Agreement: $750