Resources
There is an array of printed and web-based resources for you to consider when starting a technology company. We will recommend just a few.
Corporate Structure
Guide to Starting a Corporation (Fenwick & West LLP)
Guide_to_Starting_Corp.pdf
Selection of a Business Entity (Bill Evers, Esq.)
Word document
Starting a New Mexico Business
www.nmsbdc.org/
BusinessStartingOutGuide.pdf
Corporations and Limited Liability Companies:
California
www.ss.ca.gov/business/business.htm
Idaho
www.mycorporation.com/secretary-state/idaho/
New Mexico
www.nmprc.state.nm.us/cb.htm
Early Stage Structure
How To of Early Stage Structuring (Bill Evers, Esq.)
Word document
Intellectual Property
US Patent/Trademark Office
www.uspto.gov
Patent Searches
www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html
www.google.com/patents
US Copyright Clearance Center, Inc.
www.copyright.com
US Copyright Office
www.copyright.gov
US Trademark Office
www.uspto.gov/main/trademarks.htm
Trademark Searches
http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=tess&state=4006:8r59u1.1.1
European Patent Office
www.european-patent-office.org/index.en.php
World Wide Patent Searches at Delphion
www.delphion.com
World Intellectual Property Organization
www.wipo.int
Uniform Trade Secrets Act
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Trade_Secrets_Act
Securities Offerings
Federal Regulations D Offerings
www.sec.gov/answers/regd.htm
New Mexico Securities Offerings
www.rld.state.nm.us/securities/
Idaho Securities Offerings
http://finance.idaho.gov/
Term Sheets
Anatomy of a Term Sheet by Andrew Sherman
www.netpreneur.org/funding/anatomy_term_sheet.pdf
Defining and Understanding Term Sheets
www.woodsidefund.com/ent/articles/Defining_Terms.html

