Startup Advisory

Startup Formation and Advisory Services

Technology and Engineering Companies

214 Innovation and Development LLC (214ID) provides startup formation and advisory services to founders, investors, and leadership teams building technology- and engineering-driven companies. These services are designed to support companies from initial formation through early maturity, with a strong emphasis on sound governance, structure, and scalable operating models.

214ID’s startup advisory work is rooted in engineering-heavy sectors, including advanced manufacturing, energy systems, defense technologies, industrial automation, robotics, and other deep-technology domains where early governance and leadership decisions materially affect growth, capital access, and long-term enterprise value.

Core Startup Services

Startup Formation and Institutional Design

  • Entity formation and founder governance structuring

  • Early-stage operating model design

  • Founder role definition and separation of ownership vs. management

  • Initial corporate governance and reporting frameworks

Board and Advisory Board Formation

  • Advisory board design for pre-revenue and early-revenue companies

  • Independent board member recruitment strategy

  • Committee structure scaled to early-stage needs

  • Transition planning from advisory board to formal board of directors

Executive and Leadership Structuring

  • Founder and executive role definition

  • COO, CTO, and functional leadership alignment

  • Transition from founder-led execution to management-led operations

  • Early succession and leadership continuity planning

Capitalization and Governance Strategy

  • Governance alignment for angel, seed, and growth equity capital

  • Board readiness for institutional investors

  • Equity structure and governance implications of financing rounds

  • Governance planning for recapitalization, ESOP pathways, or strategic sale

Engineering-Driven Business Model Strategy

  • Governance support for R&D-heavy operating models

  • Public-private research partnership strategy

  • IP commercialization strategy

  • University and federal lab spinout support