
What Is an Express Contract? Key Elements Explained
A founder sends a Slack message confirming scope. A contractor replies by email with a thumbs-up and starts work. A product team pastes AI-generated deal

A founder sends a Slack message confirming scope. A contractor replies by email with a thumbs-up and starts work. A product team pastes AI-generated deal

An NDA agreement is a contract that creates a legal cone of silence around a business conversation. Most NDA confidentiality obligations last one to five

A founder often discovers the data problem backward. Sales has a customer spreadsheet in Google Drive. Support exports tickets into a shared folder. Finance stores

A Washington founder hires a developer to build an internal dashboard. The parties trade a few emails, agree on a rough budget, and kick off

An angel just said yes. The founder leaves the coffee meeting feeling like the round is basically done, then opens a browser and finds five

When a key engineer gives notice on Monday morning, most Washington startup leaders think first about product deadlines, team morale, and customer coverage. The legal

A founder is often closest to the problem when the cap table goes wrong. The company is moving fast, a seed round is almost signed,

A founder in Seattle is about to launch a software product. The app has a memorable name, a logo the team loves, and a feature

The company has a product demo that lands well. A few customers are leaning in. Payroll is getting real, product work isn't cheap, and the

A founder gets the signed term sheet back from the lead investor, scans the economics, and feels relieved for about five minutes. Then the last