10,000 Startups: Legal Strategies for Startup Success

Roger Royse

Managing a startup is challenging enough. Don't allow legal planning to burden your business! Set yourself up for success with "10,000 Startups", a podcast based on the book that describes impactful legal planning for startup companies. Attorney Roger Royse and his guests take you through the successful outcomes that result from strategic legal planning. Startup law is complex and covers a wide range of legal disciplines and highlights the questions you should ask to ensure that you have the best possible chance for success.

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Seed to Sale: Formation issues

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Apr 28, 2025

50 min

A fistful of legal issues Part 2

Send us a text A ruling on the FDA laboratory test rule San Francisco sues another gig economy business for employee misclassification California PAGA claims The DOJ disbands its crypto currency unit A new Federal data security rule The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act extension moves forward

Apr 22, 2025

13 min

Artificial Intelligence for Law Firms

Send us a text Nuan Zhang is a venture capitalist with a diverse background in the technology and investment sectors. Nuan is responsible for sourcing and evaluating investment opportunities, conducting due diligence, and providing strategic guidance to portfolio companies. She works closely with founders to help them scale their businesses and achieve sustainable growth.

Apr 4, 2025

25 min

A Fistful of Issues (Part 1): Corporate Transparency Act, Dexit, new SEC definition of accredited investor

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Mar 30, 2025

11 min

Valuation of Startups with Complete Advisors

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Mar 17, 2025

24 min

The new tariffs

Send us a text We discuss the new tariffs imposed by the US government, including a tariff on steel and aluminum products from all countries, as well as additional tariffs on imports from China and a partial suspension of tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico. The experts, Ed Lebow and Colin Cox from the law firm Haynes and Boone, provide an overview of how tariffs work, who pays them, and the potential impacts on businesses and consumers. They also discuss the retaliatory tariffs imposed...

Mar 13, 2025

20 min

Who's the client? The role (and duties) of startup counsel

Send us a text Neil Wertlieb is the former General Counsel and a retired partner from Milbank LLP, a leading international law firm, where he worked for over two decades, from 1995 to 2016 (as Partner) and from 2022 to 2024 (as the firm’s first-ever General Counsel). Based in Milbank’s Los Angeles office, Mr. Wertlieb’s legal practice focused on business transactions, primarily acquisitions, securities offerings and restructurings. Mr. Wertlieb is an Adjunct Professor at UCLA School of Law, w...

Mar 10, 2025

29 min

DExit - the migration of companies out of Delaware and Delaware's response

Send us a text Summary In the latest episode of the “10,000 Startups Podcast,” host Roger Royse delves into the phenomenon of “DExit,” referring to the trend of companies relocating their incorporation from Delaware to other states, primarily Nevada, Texas, and Wyoming.

Mar 7, 2025

12 min

Micro VCs with Bob Karr, Vineet Jain and Dawn DeBruyn

Send us a text In this episode we discuss VC trends and expectations of 2025 and a discussion of the micro VC. Connecting People, Capital & Companies - Pulse of the Valley newsletter - Free trial - fundings, investors, executives Flexible Fundraising for startups Follow us on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobkarr/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/vj82/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/dawndebruyn/

Feb 24, 2025

40 min

The FDA's Rule on Laboratory Developed Tests

Send us a text Haynes Boone Associates Kayla Cristales and Luke Nguyen discuss the FDA’s recently issued Final Rule changing the Agency’s longstanding enforcement policy on Laboratory Developed Tests (LDTs).

Feb 19, 2025

25 min