What Is Equity Dilution: Equity Dilution Explained
Published: June 20, 2026Updated: June 20, 2026Read time: 11 minutes Your first term sheet lands in your inbox. You expected to focus on valuation, board seats, and closing timing. Instead, one line keeps pulling your attention back: the round will involve dilution, plus an employee option pool increase. You still own your shares, so why […]
NVCA Term Sheet: A Founder’s Guide for 2026
Published: June 18, 2026Updated: June 18, 2026Read time: 12 minutes A Canadian founder gets a U.S. lead investor's term sheet on Friday afternoon. The price looks acceptable. The investor calls it “standard NVCA.” By Monday, the key questions start. Does the company stay Canadian or reincorporate in Delaware? Will the option plan still work for […]
H4 Visa and Work Permit: 2026 Application Guide
A common H-1B family timeline looks like this. One spouse starts work after arrival. The other enters on H-4 status, has employers asking about start dates, and then learns that work permission may depend on a separate filing, long processing times, and whether the H-1B case stays on track. That is the practical problem with […]
What to Do if Under Federal Investigation: Your 2026 Guide
Published: June 16, 2026Updated: June 16, 2026Read time: 12 minutes You open the door to federal agents before work. Or a subpoena hits your desk at 8:12 a.m. and the day changes on the spot. What you do next can protect you or hand the government evidence it did not have an hour earlier. The […]
Employee Privacy Rights: A US-Canada Employer Guide
Published: June 13, 2026Updated: June 13, 2026Read time: 12 minutes A common cross-border problem starts with a simple rollout. A U.S. company adds screenshot monitoring, Slack analytics, and location tools for a remote team. Then it hires in Canada and assumes the same setup will work there. HR discovers that what felt routine in one […]
What Is Preferred Stock? Your 2026 Guide
You’re usually asking what is preferred stock at a very specific moment. A term sheet just arrived. An angel says they want “preferred.” Your accountant mentions dividends. Or you’re comparing a startup financing document to a publicly traded preferred share listed on an exchange and realizing those two things seem related, but not identical. That […]
Move from Canada to USA: A Legal & Tax Guide for 2026
Published: June 15, 2026Updated: June 15, 2026Read time: 11 minutes You may already have the job offer, the transfer discussion, or the business plan. What usually causes stress isn't the idea of the move. It's the fear of missing one legal or tax issue that turns a good opportunity into a costly problem. If you're […]
Export Control Compliance: SME Guide to US/Canada Trade
Your first cross-border sale is ready to close. The customer is in the other country. Your team has the invoice, the shipment details, and a signed statement of work. Then someone asks whether the software, design file, sample part, or technical support call is subject to export controls. That's usually the moment a founder realizes […]
Reputational Risk Management Guide for US-Canada Business
Published: June 10, 2026Updated: June 10, 2026Read time: 11 minutes A reputational problem rarely starts looking important. It starts as a customer post, a supplier allegation, a privacy complaint, or an employee screenshot that lands in the wrong Slack channel and then on the right social feed. For U.S.-Canada companies, the problem gets harder fast […]
Beneficial Ownership Reporting Requirements: US & Canada
A Canadian company registers to do business in the United States, opens a bank account, starts hiring, and then someone asks a simple question that turns into a compliance problem fast: who are the beneficial owners, and does anything need to be reported? That question is harder than it looks because a lot of U.S. […]