Among the most significant steps new startup founders make in developing into experienced founders is coming to understand that their company's legal paperwork is of paramount importance (in contrast with a small business, for example). As a startup attorney myself who has perhaps reviewed the corporate and other legal paperwork of more startup companies than nearly anyone on the planet, I have developed a deep, deep appreciation for how close to impossible it is for startup founders to know they are working with a great startup attorney.

Startup founders working with David can rest assured that they are working with a great startup attorney.

David is a terrific attorney, and I highly recommend his services to any growing business that is looking for top-notch, timely and reasonably priced legal advice and assistance. He is knowledgeable about all aspects of corporate representation and venture financing, and has acted as principal outside counsel to a large number of startup companies in a variety of industries.

I’ve had the privilege of being able to use David as my go-to attorney in connection with several startups with which I’ve been involved, and I’ve been highly been impressed with the depth of his knowledge, the thoughtfulness of his approach, the clearness of his communication, and the practicality of his real-world advice. If you select David as your legal counsel, you have made a wise choice.

I am an attorney. Whenever my clients need an excellent corporate lawyer for business agreements, corporate transactions, mergers and acquisitions, stock and options transactions, startups, and business advice, I send them to David Goldenberg. They always receive great service and advice.

David has been an exemplary Corporate Lawyer for our high-end San Francisco based catering company helping us explore various corporate structures and business agreements that have enabled us to implement successful long term strategies and hire key employees. He is very easy to work with and extremely responsive to any needs or questions we have. I highly recommend him!

David Goldenberg's mastery of the startup landscape in San Francisco and the Valley is beyond impressive. He has an incredible ability to translate complicated corporate scenarios into easy-to-understand lay terms. I am in awe of his legal and business knowledge and expertise.

I am an Intellectual Property trial attorney and have worked with many business and corporate attorneys over my 30 year+ career. David is absolutely one of the best in terms of all the factors that matter -- competency, ability to work through tough problems, and client care -- all of it comes at a fraction of what his competitors would charge for the same service. Whether you are a new company looking for help figuring with formation issues, or an established business considering financing or potential disposition options, I cannot recommend David and his team highly enough. They are fantastic.

David has a deep knowledge of the many issues facing early stage companies, including financing events, contracts, negotiations and other corporate legal matters. He provided training for our staff on the highlights of these areas and gave practical and prudent advice and solutions. He's a great listener, intelligent advisor, and a thoughtful business partner.

I have worked with David several times over the years on matters relating to founder representation and start up companies. David is an excellent attorney. Clearly an expert in his field; David is a Class A business attorney who brings a tremendous amount of experience to the table, greatly benefiting his clients. I am extremely confident when I refer clients his way. He knows what he is doing.

As a Business Immigration Attorney, I often represent individuals seeking to invest and create businesses in the United States. For business formation and other corporate or business matters, I refer my clients to David Goldenberg. He is quite simply an excellent business attorney with many years of experience in corporate formation matters, founder representation, and other related matters. I will be working with him again when the next such client needs a well-respected business attorney like David.

I've been working with David for about a year now. He came highly recommended by another CEO I know well. I've worked with him on a VC financing, as well as company structuring/ general corporate matters. His team has been great to work with and very helpful at explaining the pros and cons of different decisions which can help me make the best decision of the company. For example, in the VC financing, there are a lot of terms in the term sheet and David would break each one down and help me understand the implications as well as what is "VC friendly", "market" and "founder friendly" for each term. This helped me figure out which terms were important to me and which I should try to ask for. I'm very happy with my work with them and would recommend them.

I found David in my search for a business attorney. He has provided quality expertise and advice. I'd feel very comfortable recommending him for anyone in a similar situation.

Truly a "founder's best friend" David and team are a triple threat: skills, speed and experience. These navy seals have helped us immensely with our company structuring, venture capital investments and they are negotiation ninjas with business agreements!

Great and affordable founder representation -- highly recommended.

David is great. Honest and reliable. Came recommended by Y Combinator.

David has been ready to go and consistently available to us for any corporate or business agreement needs we've had throughout our startup's developments and is mindful to make the process efficient without going through too many back-and-forth steps. He's also a great relationship builder and, in contrast to other experiences we've had, is focused on long term results and not out to bill every minute which helps startup founders feel rooted for and cared about.

David Goldenberg provided excellent counsel on two different acquisitions. In one particular instance, the acquiring company's attorney made a strongly-worded, unreasonable demand. As I sat formulating a response, David immediately jumped in, explained very clearly why the demand was completely unreasonable, and shut down the opposing attorney so effectively that he never brought up the issue again (and was much more reasonable for the rest of the negotiations). I've continued to use David and his team to represent me on numerous startup matters. David provides logical options, clearly articulates risks, and helps me get business done (where some other attorneys seem so bent on avoiding risks that nothing gets done). I recommend him wholeheartedly.

Good firm for VC/PE advise

David has provided invaluable professional and legal advice to startups covering IP issues and counseling entrepreneurs and founders of firms on sensitive legal topics. Very responsive and knowledgable.

David and his team helped us with our first angel financing. I recommend him highly.

David is incredibly knowledgable on IP issues and founder counseling. He articulates his concerns and considerations very well, in a way that allows for clear decision making and risk assessment. An absolutely excellent counsel to work with and would do so again.

Had the pleasure of working with David and his team on a previous startup and a few other projects. He was always so helpful in navigating and explaining the complicated legal process of creating a C-corp startup designed to take funding. I was a novice and really came out the other end with so much more knowledge than I expected, large part thanks to David's knowledge transfer. VLP's work is top notch and backed by years of Silicon Valley experience. Highly recommended.

David was our contracts and commercial lawyer for 4 years for my startup. He helped us develop standard templates for our NDAs, consulting agreements, contractor, agreements and other documents. David was directly involved with our negotiations with Fortune 100 companies to hammer out business agreements often with sticky items to resolve around IP indemnity, caps on damages, ownership of IP, infringement language, etc. I found David to be an invaluable resource, a great business partner, and one of the reasons that we ran a successful business.

I have worked with David Goldenberg, from the VLP Law Group for a few years now. We are a small startup.and we have different needs than larger companies. David has always made us feel just as important as a larger client. He has been extremely helpful with the creation and modification of customer contracts. He and his firm did a great job on rewriting our Operation Agreement due to growth and changes in our business. David has been very responsive to our needs and provides tremendous advice and recommendations for both our short term and long term needs. I highly recommend David and his firm.

When I wanted to create an LLC for Questo Gizmo, David and the VLP Law Group were a great help in making sure all the papers were in place. They've also provided valuable advice around contracts on several occasions. They're responsive and conservative on the hours they billed me. Its been a very good five year relationship.

David and his team at VLP were our first counsel immediately following our completion of Y Combinator, and we've been please to continue working with them for the last 3 years. VLP has helped us navigate all of our general business challenges, including stock agreements, debt and equity financing, and MSA negotiation. David's team has trench experience working on everything from incorporation to billion dollar exits. I've especially appreciated David's "in real life" approach to evaluating risk, and how candid and direct he is; it helps us make quick decisions, which is essential for a quickly growing company. I'd recommend David and VLP to any founders looking for experience and value.

David is a rare breed in the world of business law. His advice is big picture but practical- he is keenly aware that there is risk in business and helps clients navigate that risk without missing opportunities. I found him to be accessible, punctual and straightforward and his rates were very reasonable especially given the high level of service. I will be working with David and VLP Law Group again.

David is a wonderful startup attorney. He's advised us through incorporating, fundraising, partnerships, etc... He's quick to respond and gives thoughtful, candid advice. I would highly recommend him for startups.

David was a phenomenal lawyer for my past few startups. He understands the needs of a founder very well, and helped me navigate everything from fundraising to partnership deals to several exits. He was always there, whether in person with the team facing a huge decision or just by text for a bit of advice on something. I also really appreciated that he had access to all the resources of a huge firm (for example patent support), but was able to support us even when we hadn't raised a huge amount of capital. Will work with him again on the next venture!

David represented me during a difficult dissolution of a long-term legal partnership. He was an invaluable help to me before, during, and after the process of negotiating a graceful exit. Here's what he did really well: he was available when he needed to be; he clearly explained the relevant law and my options; he was diligent in advocating for my interests; he was graceful in dealing with opposing counsel; he turned document drafts around quickly; he listened well. I've been an attorney for twenty years, but being David's client taught me a lot about what it feels like to have a really good lawyer on your side during a difficult time.

For startups, it can be daunting to find a good attorney you can both trust and afford. David Goldenberg and VLP is a remarkable combination of startup creativity and top flight talent. Their "virtual" model innovates by keeping costs under control while delivering some of the best legal minds in corporate counsel.

Expert advice for startup corporates! Highly recommended

I have worked with David over the last ten years in two private-equity backed companies and one start up where I have served as the CEO and/or President. David worked as our part-time General Counsel and led many of transactions, included mergers, acquisitions, and debt restructuring. He is highly effective, efficient, and commercial - as capable, if not more, as any attorney from the large firms. Accordingly, I recommend him highly without any reservations.

Great attorney for getting a startup going. Highly efficient so costs are kept down (real important for a startup ! ) and practical in advising whatever you'd need. Understands the corporate needs for your startup too - and has good connections if you need other specialties. Recommended most highly!

David has been very helpful to our early stage startup in a number of items including stock plan formation, employment agreements, and board documentation. He pairs the breadth of experience of a big firm with the attention and care of a small practice.

He's smart, focused, and very practical. His experience in corporate and transactional work gives me a great deal of confidence when facing serious issues.

We engaged David for SenSen Neworks. This is a high Tech startup focused on providing Video IOT solutions in intelligent transportation and smart city markets. David provided very insightful legal as well as business guidance as we negotiated a technology/product licensing agreement with a large listed company. He understood the value of technology and long term implications of the licensing deal we worked on. In addition, he was very sensitive to the cost considerations for us. It was a great experience. I would go to him for any legal advise I need in the future and often recommend him to my friends.

Have had a great experience working with David for now multiple startups. He's a great corporate lawyer and I've been impressed with the quality of his work over the years.

I can't speak highly enough about David Goldenberg's expertise and smarts. I am a doctor who is venturing into tech and he has been lifesaving with his advice and mentoring. Top notch.

I retained David on a range of corporate issues -- specifically in formation of an LLC to provide business consulting to large corporate clients. In this context (as a small advisory firm) intellectual property protection was (is) pretty important, so David's help here was instrumental in crafting agreements that allowed me to retain rights to IP (ideas, methods, techniques) and avoid the 'work for hire' trap. Very helpful, super responsive.

We were rebranding our company and needed trademark expertise. David and Brian were great and easily walked us through the overall process and once we gave them the green light, they took care of everything for us. Super helpful, knowledgable and professional. We will definitely use them in the future and recommend them.

I have worked with David and the VLP team across two startups now. They have been an excellent team that understands the pace of startup needs and the flexibility required. We have worked on small and large contracts alike and have always been pleased with the collaboration and results!

My partners and I worked with David Goldenberg and VLP to assist us in forming our business. David was very knowledgeable, and talked us through a few different options before settling on the best entity type for us. The project was completed on time and on budget. We would recommend David, and have recommended him to others who need similar work for their own businesses.

VLP is incredible. I've worked with so many corporate attorneys to represent me and my business over the past decade and I'm very happy that I ended up with this team. They are ultra responsive and always on top of their stuff. They set deadlines and they meet them. Seems basic, but it's incredibly important. They are cost-effective and I don't feel like I'm on the clock every moment I'm with them. They know how to contain costs and keep things affordable.

Lastly, they aren't just cookie cutter attorneys. I've been able to give them my intent on a few matters and have them apply their creativity and legal experience in ways many other large firms would never do. I highly recommend working with them and have sent them to a dozen of my other CEO friends!

David is a consumate professional and he goes the extra distance for his clients. I have referred my clients and friends to him without reservation. His demeanor is accessible and comforting, and not like that of a "stuffy" attorney. If your startup needs legal help, David is the guy to call.

If you run a startup and need a lawyer who understands and can navigate through this tumultuous world, David is the right choice. We've been working with David for years and couldn't be happier: from incorporation docs to investor's term sheets and stock option plans David has proved himself extremely knowledgeable and professional. Highly recommended!

David and his team are fantastic! They understand the specific needs of startups and always provided us with high quality advice. Super responsive, always helpful. Highly recommended, we'll definitely work with them again.

David provided excellent guidance on a number of legal positions. Corporate structure, compliance, contracts, as well as connected us to specialists in patent and trademark law.

Will definitely use him and the VLP group again.

Tons of experience, especially with startup related issues like financings, agreements, equity, growth, etc. David has been a pleasure to work with.

We've been working with David and VLP for more than six years. From company formation to contract negotiations, they have been great to have in our corner. Knowing David and his team are looking out for our interests while negotiating with Fortune 500 companies has lead us to be able to focus on what we know best: the technology behind designing and building mobile software and not worry we might be overlooking legal issues down the line.

Solid analyses; good depth of knowledge of best/typical/shady practices in the space; *not* great on meeting tight (or even not-so-tight) timelines.

David and his team are great. By the time I gave David a call, he had been recommended to us separately by two other founders. We talked to several firms prior to VLP who all said they had experience working with tech startups, but on the phone with David, it was immediately clear that VLP was the firm for us. Relatable, trustworthy, accommodating, David and his team go the extra mile to help their clients, and their counsel has been invaluable to us. For what it’s worth, we’re a distributed team with our home base in Los Angeles, and the distance has not been a problem for us.

David has been a pleasure to work with. I have worked with many attorneys throughout my career. Like most of the good ones, David is attentive, creative, and thorough. What distinguishes David is his strong understanding of the business issues, and ability to be reasonable (rather than overly aggressive) in the advice he gives. This has led to our ability to continuously grow our business, while being cognizant of the risks involved.

David was excellent at not only efficiently handling all our legal matters related to starting our company, but provided very good common sense advise and superb negotiating skills with others that we introduced to him.

I would recommend David and the VLP team to founders, startups, and small to medium businesses looking for experience and value in all corporate legal maters.

I've worked with David Goldenberg / VLP Law Group for several years and they're true professionals. Since they work mostly with Silicon Valley startups, they have a unique understanding of our legal and business needs. David has become my go-to contact for our corporate law needs.

David has been a great resource as I've built my consulting firm over the last decade, with prompt and insightful legal support. He's helped me navigate the vagaries of structuring projects and performance compensation.

VLP is efficient and affordable. As a startup, it's nice to have access to more cost effective attorneys than the ones we rely on for our financings.