Startup companyA startup or start-up is a company or project typically undertaken by an entrepreneur to seek, develop, and validate a scalable business model. While entrepreneurship includes all new businesses including self-employment and businesses that do not intend to go public, startups are new businesses that intend to grow large beyond the solo-founder. At the early stages, startups face significant uncertainty and high rates of failure.
Shareholders' agreementA shareholders' agreement (sometimes referred to in the U.S. as a stockholders' agreement) (SHA) is an enforceable agreement amongst the shareholders or members of a company. In practical effect, it is analogous to a partnership agreement. There are advantages of the shareholder's agreement: they provide a contractual remedy if their terms are broken, and they can help the corporate entity to maintain the absence of publicity and maintain confidentiality.
Regulation D (SEC)In the United States under the Securities Act of 1933, any offer to sell securities must either be registered with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or meet certain qualifications to exempt them from such registration. Regulation D (Reg D) contains the rules providing exemptions from the registration requirements, allowing some companies to offer and sell their securities without having to register the securities with the SEC.EmeritusAn emeritus () or emerita () is an honorary title granted to someone who retires from a position of distinction, most commonly an academic faculty position, but is allowed to continue using the previous title, as in "professor emeritus". The term emeritus does not necessarily signify a person has relinquished all the duties of their former position. They may be obligated or allowed to perform some tasks, though usually in a more limited capacity than full-time.
Charitable organizationA charitable organization, or charity, is an organization whose primary objectives are philanthropy and spreading social well-being (e.g. educational, religious or other activities serving the public interest or common good). The legal definition of a charitable organization (and of charity) varies between countries and in some instances regions of the country. The regulation, the tax treatment, and the way in which charity law affects charitable organizations also vary.
OrganizationAn organization or organisation (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences) is an entity—such as a company, or corporation or an institution (formal organization), or an association—comprising one or more people and having a particular purpose. Organizations may also operate secretly or illegally in the case of secret societies, criminal organizations, and resistance movements.
BusinessBusiness is the practice of making one's living or making money by producing or buying and sellingproducts (such as goods and services). It is also "any activity or enterprise entered into for profit." A business entity is not necessarily separate from the owner and the creditors can hold the owner liable for debts the business has acquired except for limited liabilitycompany. The taxation system for businesses is different from that of the corporates.
United States securities regulationSecurities regulation in the United States is the field of U.S. law that covers transactions and other dealings with securities. The term is usually understood to include both federal and state-level regulation by governmental regulatory agencies, but sometimes may also encompass listing requirements of exchanges like the New York Stock Exchange and rules of self-regulatory organizations like the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).
SchoolFirst primary school in Nigeria, built in 1845 A high school building in Argos, GreeceA school is an educational institution (and, in the case of in-person learning, the building) designed to provide learning environments for the teaching of students, usually under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is sometimes compulsory.
GovernanceGovernance is the overall complex system or framework of processes, functions, structures, rules, laws and norms born out of the relationships, interactions, power dynamics and communication within an organized group of individuals. It sets the boundaries of acceptable conduct and practices of different actors of the group and controls their decision-making powers through the creation and enforcement of rules and regulations.
United States Securities and Exchange CommissionThe United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is a quasi independent agency of the United States federal government, created in the aftermath of the Wall Street crash of 1929.EntrepreneurshipEntrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of economic value through identification and commercialization of opportunities to deliver products or services, a process that typically requires considerable innovation, initiative, and risk-taking to establish and grow an enterprise. The term entrepreneur (French: [ɑ̃tʁəpʁənœʁ]) refers to an individual who creates and/or invests in one or more businesses, bearing most of the risks and enjoying most of the rewards.
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