Founders Toolkit: Everything You Didn't Know You Need to Know
Nobody tells you this stuff until it costs you.
The founder agreement you didn't sign. The IP that still belongs to a contractor. The term sheet clause you skimmed. The VAT registration you missed. Every founder learns these lessons eventually. This evening is about learning them for free.
What you'll get
The legal and fundraising essentials, from a partner who advises founders every day
The admin that quietly sinks companies, and how to stop doing it yourself
Open Q&A, and founders at every stage to meet
The evening
6:30pm: doors and drinks
7:00pm: legal and fundraising. James Burnie FRSA, Partner at gunnercooke, on founder agreements, vesting, IP and option schemes, and the fundraising paperwork (SEIS and EIS, ASAs, term sheets) that comes back to bite.
7:45pm: the admin nobody warns you about. Payroll, VAT, R&D tax credits, contractors versus employees, plus a quick live look at handing that admin to Saint, an AI employee.
8:10pm: open Q&A. Bring your questions, anonymised or not.
8:30pm: drinks and networking until 9pm
Who it's for
Founders from idea to Series A, people about to start something, and early operators who end up owning all of the above.
About the demo
Saint is an AI employee with its own email and WhatsApp that takes on the admin. You brief it like a colleague and it gets on with the work. saint.work
Hosted by Encode Club at Encode Hub, London's AI centre in Shoreditch (41 Pitfield Street, London N1 6DA). Free to attend. Spaces are limited and every registration is reviewed by the team, so you'll hear from us once you're approved.