When you’re first contemplating launching a new startup, it’s not unusual to put in quite a bit of time and effort into testing the concept and developing prototypes before incorporating a new legal entity. Mix in the uncertainty of working with co-founding partners that you don’t know very well and misunderstandings can rise up quickly. This …
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Lead Referral Agreement
This easy-to-read sales lead agreement allows a company and a well-connected person to establish a legal arrangement for paying commissions on referrals. The templates are fully annotated and based on the contract that I have with a number of web design and development agencies (including the one I used to own.) This agreement is very …
Subcontractor Agreement
By popular demand, here is a very solid, general-purpose independent contractor agreement to use with your subcontractors. This is the exact document that I have used with my own subcontractors for many years. It is simple (2 pages) and gets right to the point, with protections for your intellectual property and confidentiality. Fully annotated PDF, …
Offer Letter Template Bundle
A clear, comprehensive and full-featured 4-page offer letter template for use with new hires. This template is fully annotated with my commentary and based on the offer letter wording that I have used many dozens of times over the last 5 years. In addition to the standard terms of employment that you would expect to …
Retained Services Agreement (RSA)
MSAs are by no means the end-all, be-all of consulting contracts. In fact, if you have the reputation and marketing saavy to get away with using it, I think you should consider instead relying on a Retained Services Agreement or RSA. The RSA is different from its cousin the MSA in several ways: Since you’re …
MSA + SOW Combo Pack (Master Services Agreement and Statement of Work templates)
Due to popular demand, you can now purchase my 6-page MSA (Master Services Agreement) contract template along with its corresponding SOW (Statement of Work) template for the low, low price of FREE! These two document templates are based on the ones that I’ve used to great success in my own businesses, including Hashrocket. Fully annotated …
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The Consultant Pack
These documents are based on the ones that I’ve used to great success in my own businesses, including Hashrocket and as a pricey independent contractor. Fully annotated Pages, Word and PDF versions are included. My blog even has a free 54-minute workshop video recorded at BizConf 2010 with my lawyer friend Jose Gonzalez in which …
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