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Here’s a short video walkthrough of the process:** You can create your Founder Agreements in just a few clicks... - Click **Team** in the left panel and click '**+Add team member**' or select the team member you'd like to create this agreement with. Enter their start date, job title & salary. ![](https://help.seedlegals.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202025-07-31%20123325-png.png?width=688&height=200&name=Screenshot%202025-07-31%20123325-png.png) - Once you're in their user profile, click '**New Agreement'** and then select **'Founder Agreement'** - If they're not being paid a salary yet, just enter £0 for the salary, and we'll create an agreement that's what we call a "founder pledge" rather than a "founder service agreement", which contains employment provisions. - If they are being paid a salary, then enter that in, and we'll create a founder service agreement for you. - Fill in the rest of the questionnaire and save the terms - Click Create Agreement - It’s ready to share and sign! You can amend the terms of the contract once signed by creating a new agreement which will supersede the previous version, do make sure that this is all agreed beforehand. ![](https://help.seedlegals.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/downloads.intercomcdn.comio300582133a28b1e71537cd179771a8e39image-1.png) If you're looking to amend the terms before it is signed, then you can click on **View Agreement> terms > click on the term you would like to amend**. ![](https://help.seedlegals.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/downloads.intercomcdn.comio3005827262986046e4515ae6c642944deimage-1.png)   ### Any questions? If you have any further questions, click the bottom right button to message us in chat - we'll be happy to help. - [Home](https://seedlegals.com/) [![Chill listening crop-3](https://help.seedlegals.com/hs-fs/hubfs/favicon.png?width=24&height=24&name=favicon.png "Chill listening crop-3")](https://seedlegals.com) SeedLegals Copyright © 2025, SeedLegals