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Startups, Profit and Purpose: Legal Structures for Entrepreneurs

Students 6/14

  • Deborah Schull

  • Deborah Schull

  • Jérôme Boillat

  • Joseph Lahuerta

  • Aliona .

  • Julia Stalder

About this Class

Have a great idea for social innovation, but trying to figure out whether it should be a nonprofit or a for-profit? Have you heard something about these new hybrid legal structures but can't figure out what the heck they do? In this session, we'll be digging into:
  • 501(c)(3)
  • L3C
  • Benefit Corporation
  • B Corp Certification
  • LLC
  • Corporation
Class Format: This class will include a short lecture followed by Q&A.

*This class is part of COMMON Pitch NYC at a day of learning at the School of Visual Arts.

COMMON Pitch NYC’s Credentials

This class is taught by Kyle Westaway. Kyle is a cofounder of Biographe - a sustainable style brand that employs and empowers survivors of the commercial sex trade - and Founding Partner of Westaway Law - an innovative New York City law firm that counsels social entrepreneurs. Kyle is also a Cordes Fellow and an Xemplar award winner. He lectures at Harvard and Stanford Law Schools. He launched Socentlaw - the first blog on social entrepreneurship law. he writes for Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, Huffington Post, Venture Beat, GOOD. Kyle has been featured by We Are NY Tech and Dowser.

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