Startup Document Templates - From Business Insider

Clipped from Business Insider: http://www.businessinsider.com/document-center

A good set of basic (very basic) templates for those thinking about a start up!
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	Business Plan Template Executive Summary Use this guide to develop an executive summary for the business plan of a technology-based business, with the goal of garnering investor interest. See document >
	Sample Bylaws Outline the general rules and regulations your company will adhere to. See document >
	Financial Model Use this excel document to build a financial model that will help you with financial decision making and risk/reward assessments. See document >
	Stock Purchase Agreement Regulate the sale and transfer of common stock including the rights and stipulations surrounding such a transaction. See document >
	Vesting Agreement Outlines the agreement of stock options issued to an employee by a company. See document >
	Joint Venture Agreement Intended for joint venturers and lawyers; outlines the necessary rules and stipulations to regulate your new venture. See document >
	Stock Subscription Agreement Regulate distribution and allocation of shares of early stage investment in a start-up.  This document is often accompanied by a term sheet, as well as an investor rights agreement. See document >
	Non-Disclosure Agreement Template Agreement intended to protect confidential business or product information. See document >
	Investor Rights Agreement Outline the rights and responsibilities of investors. See document >
	Consulting Services Agreement Outlines the terms and conditions for assigning a project to an outside consultant or consulting firm. See document >
	Instructions for the Scope of Work Template A framework outlining the division of work to be performed under a contract or subcontract in the completion of a project, typically broken out into specific tasks with deadlines. See document >
	Outsourcing Agreement Checklist Outlines topics for consideration when contemplating outsourcing work to an independent, outside contractor; designed to ensure that the agreement between the two parties is clear and equitable. See document >

Two Lists You Should Look at Every Morning

Clipped from: http://blogs.hbr.org/bregman/2009/05/two-lists-you-should-look-at-e.html?goback=.nmp_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1.gde_1772602_member_103899192

List 1: Your Focus List (the road ahead) What are you trying to achieve? What makes you happy? What's important to you? Design your time around those things. Because time is your one limited resource and no matter how hard you try you can't work 25/8.
List 2: Your Ignore List (the distractions)
To succeed in using your time wisely, you have to ask the equally important but often avoided complementary questions: what are you willing not to achieve? What doesn't make you happy? What's not important to you? What gets in the way?

 Some people already have the first list. Very few have the second. But given how easily we get distracted and how many distractions we have these days, the second is more important than ever. The leaders who will continue to thrive in the future know the answers to these questions and each time there's a demand on their attention they ask whether it will further their focus or dilute it.