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Silicon Hills Lawyer
siliconhillslawyer.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2013
José Ancer, a startup lawyer in Austin, writes about founder-side legal issues like term sheets, SAFEs, and company counsel.
What HN saysHN commenters cite it for advice on YC's post-money SAFE and on VC-captured company counsel, with one noting a possible bias but calling the information strong.
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robocat · 2025-05-22
siliconhillslawyer has some great advice on this, and specifically on how VC captures lawyers due to repeat business: https://siliconhillslawyer.com/2017/01/01/avoid-captive-company-counse… (yeah, the site will have a bias, but the information seems amazingly good to me) I'm not a lawyer nor am I in the US - I'm just a fan of some of the articles - including ones that mention YC like: https://siliconhillslawyer.com/2019/03/03/standard-term-sheets-problem… but my favourite is about VC power imbalance: https://siliconhillslawyer.com/2019/02/18/relationships-and-power-star…
VCs use legal fees to their advantage.
adastra22 · 2024-09-17
José Ancer has the best explanation out there: https://siliconhillslawyer.com/2019/05/01/startups-shouldnt-use-yc-pos…
erichurkman · 2014-04-02
Do you mean the blog post on http://www.siliconhillslawyer.com or the links to https://www.esharesinc.com? Both seem to be working fine for me.
coopr · 2023-02-03
And similar explanation https://siliconhillslawyer.com/2021/12/08/fixed-post-money-safe-math-m…