Silicon Valley Legal Bible（7）Forgot to pay 83(b) Successful startups can't even afford to pay taxes
83(b) is a letter that founders need to send to the IRS, which is usually one page long and must be filed within 30 days after the founders get the Restricted Stock……
Silicon Valley Legal Bible（8）The difference between the words "Single Trigger" and "Double Trigger"
Entrepreneurs should often hear about the concept of Single Trigger/Double Trigger, so what do each of these two mechanisms mean? How should entrepreneurs choose……
Silicon Valley Legal Bible（9）The Most Complete Explanation of Options is Enough in This One Article
As a founder, how much option pool should you set aside for your company? How many options should be allocated to different levels of employees……
Silicon Valley Legal Bible（10）The history of the demise of Chinese probable equity market
Pinduoduo's share price also fell from a once-record high of $212.6 to close at $39.37/ADS, instantly evaporating 80% of its market value……
Silicon Valley Legal Bible（11）Equity Holding
The concept of equity proxy is basically a question that every Chinese entrepreneur asks when starting a company in the United States……
Silicon Valley Legal Bible（12）Valuation Adjustment Mechanism Agreement
When it comes to betting agreements, I'm sure you're no stranger to them. "Betting is very common in China's venture capital circles, and can even be said to be standard……
Silicon Valley Legal Bible（13）Are unanimous actors actually invalid?
In some startups, the shareholdings of several founders are relatively dispersed, and there is not an overwhelming majority shareholder……
Silicon Valley Legal Bible（14）Same Share Different Rights
In the process of development of startups, equity will be gradually diluted, and many entrepreneurs will say that they want to use the "same share different rights" structure……
Silicon Valley Legal Bible（15）When Cayman is a thing of the past
All entrepreneurs who come to the US to start a business say they want to build a VIE structure, which used to be the required structure for Chinese companies to go public in the US, note the word "used to be"......
Silicon Valley Legal Bible（16）The History of Chinese Companies' IPO Locations；The Main Positions for Future IPOs
Today, let's consider the reasons for this phenomenon in the nearly 20-year history of China's IPO site selection……
Silicon Valley Legal Bible（17）Douyin's Road to De-Byteisation｜ByteDance Shareholding Structure Explained
When it comes to Douyin's reorganisation of its international structure, "de-bytarisation" has been a key word throughout……
Silicon Valley Legal Bible（18）Anatomy of NVIDIA's Global Shareholding Structure
Let's take a look at what makes NVIDIA's architecture different compared to Zoom's, and why.
Silicon Valley Legal Bible（19）SHEIN's Road to De-Chinaisation｜Why is SHEIN headquartered in Singapore? Is Singapore becoming the new Cayman? Mysterious tycoon Xu Yangtian
More mysterious than its company structure, neither belongs to the VIE structure, nor belongs to the Zoom structure, another way to use Singapore as the headquarters……
Silicon Valley Legal Bible（20）Pinduoduo, Temu shareholding structure in-depth analysis
Temu, which entered North America in the second half of 2023, sponsored the Super Bowl in the U.S.