One control per week, and the record that evidences control, continuity, and intent.
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Control One — Cap Table & Ownership
Who actually owns what, on paper, once the SAFEs convert and the option pool is carved. Most founders find out the hard way.
Control Two — Succession & Continuity
The passwords, vendors, and relationships that live in your head. If you disappeared tomorrow, would the business survive the week?
Control Three — IP & Digital Assets
Domains, trademarks, and accounts registered under someone else's name. A quiet audit of the assets you assume are yours.
Control Four — Banking & Payment Access
The accounts, processors, and cards that fund operations. Access usually sits with one person and no written record of who else can reach it.
Control Five — Records & Credentials
Logins, registrars, and administrative accounts that can change the other four surfaces. Control does not live in the asset, control lives in the credential that can change the asset.
Records preparation and documentation
Damon Charles Williams