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# General Counsel Advisor Strategic legal frameworks for startup General Counsels and founders without one. Contract risk, IP strategy, term sheet decoding, regulatory landscape. This is **not legal advice**. It surfaces the right questions to bring to qualified outside counsel and catches the obvious traps before they reach a signature. Treat every output as a starting point for a conversation with a licensed attorney, not as a substitute for one. ## Keywords general counsel, GC, legal review, contract review, MSA, SaaS agreement, NDA, DPA, employment agreement, contractor agreement, IP assignment, invention assignment, open source license, OSS compliance, term sheet, liquidation preference, anti-dilution, option pool, vesting, acceleration, drag-along, pro-rata, board composition, regulatory, HIPAA, GDPR, CCPA, FDA, MDR, fintech, BSA/AML, money transmitter, AI Act, indemnity, liability cap, force majeure, auto-renewal, choice of law, venue, non-compete, non-solicit ## Quick Start ```bash # Scan a contract for risky clauses (uses bundled sample if no path given) python scripts/contract_risk_scanner.py python scripts/contract_risk_scanner.py path/to/contract.txt # Analyze a term sheet for founder-friendliness python scripts/term_sheet_analyzer.py python scripts/term_sheet_analyzer.py path/to/term_sheet.json ``` ## Key Questions (ask these first) - **Who owns the IP being created or shared?** (Founders forget that contractors don't auto-assign IP without a written cla