You're moving fast and probably wearing five hats at once. These are the resources that matter most before your first fundraise, first hire, or first vendor contract.
Most early legal problems aren't dramatic — they're small gaps in founder agreements, vendor contracts, or data terms that nobody had time to think through at the time. Fixing them now costs almost nothing. Fixing them during a fundraise or a co-founder dispute costs a great deal.
Why a one-year cliff protects everyone, and four other founder-agreement terms worth locking in early.
The clauses that protect you when suppliers fail — SLAs, termination, and force majeure.
If your product runs on customer data, this is the compliance surface you're already exposed to.